1919.] The Rajput Kingdoms of Mediaeval Chhattisgarh. 211 
1860 now in the Raipur District office on the Pendra Estate 
reckoned the chief of the Sat Garh, and entered in every list of 
the Ratanpur Atharah Garh. 
“The Zamindari of, Pendra comprises 12 TJ'alooks which, 
1. Pendra 36 villages. ‘‘contain, are noted in the margin. 
: as ~ ‘eaulek ‘With the exception of the T'alook 
4. Andhiarkhoh 17 villages. ‘Of Pendra it will be seen that the 
5. Komo r eee: ‘* Talooks are generally small, two of 
6. Korg ‘‘them being entirely waste and un- 
- kere if ” ‘cultured. The Talook of Koom- 
9. Bagra oes ‘*bharee containing 23 villages is 
10. Korja uM ** held by a T'alookdar to whose grand- 
11. Se aS coe ‘* father it was entrusted for cultiva- 
ae ee 28S ss “ tion during the time the repent 
ests aed a oo s under attachment. He 
rent-free by the Ner- “wa pay: 
budda Debi. ‘to the Zamindar an annual rent of 
* Rs. 275/-. The Zamindari con- 
‘tains in all 173 villages, 150 of which are under cultivation, 
‘the remaining 23 being waste.’’ When I visited this estate 
in the course of settlement work some years ago I found among 
s 
Taluq but Barhon and for their age not Taluqdar but Barai- 
ntha or Barah Gaon ke thakur, o 
22. Pendra is not the ane Garh in which the existence 
of these Barhons is recorded. Matin, Uprora, Chhuri, Champa 
and Lapha, Zamindari Estates in the Bilaspur District, also 
appear in the lists of Atharah Garh subordinate to Ratanpur, 
ment Officer of Bilaspur District had nothing to say on the 
subject of these Talugs in 1869. There is not a single reference 
o them in any of his reports. But in 1859 and 1864 the 
ive ty Commissioner called for information as regards the 
income derived from each Zamindari in considerable detail, 
and we still possess the eorcmitae replies to his reference. In 
the replies (in all of which by the way the Zamindaris are 
referred to as Parganahs) the Poe eae detail of Taluqgs is 
recorded. In Chhuri Zamindari we fi 
The Taluq of Patpara with 8 villages. 
The Talug of Irap with 15 villages. 
The 7'alug of Jawali with 4 villages. 
The Talug of Nonera with 8 villages. 
The Talug of Arda with 19 villages. 
The Talug of Dhangaon with 16 villages. 
The Talugq of Chaitma with 10 villages. 
The Taluq of Dongri with 6 villages. 
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