212 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XV, 
9. The Talug of Sungurha with 12 villages. 
10. The Taluq of Jurali with 20 villages. 
On page 313 of the Bilaspur District Gazetteer there is 
. also specific reference to two Barhons of Umreli and Kothari 
taken from the Champa Garh to be included in the Korba 
Estate 
In Uprora Zamindari the lists record — 
1. The Taluq of Malda with 4 villages. 
2. The Taluq of Binjhra with 2 villages. 
The remainder of the estate is classed under the head 
‘“‘ Uprora ”’ as being under the Zamindar’s direct contro 
In Matin Zamindari the lists record— 
1. The Taluq of Gursiya with 1 village. 
2. The Talugq of Lad with 3 villages. 
3. The Taluq of Ghosra with 3 villages. 
‘4. The Talugq of Sirri with 16 villages. 
In Lapha Zamindari the lists record— 
1. The Talug of Pondi with 5 villages. 
2. The Talug of Tuman with 7 viilages. 
In the case of Kenda alone among the Sat Garh is no 
reference to Talugs made. The above 7 estates, referred to as 
the seven Chaurasis by Blunt in 1795 A.D. and still known as 
the Sat Garh are all included in every list extant showing the 
eae * Ratanpur. Their internal administration was 
never interfered with until the ‘sixties when British rule 
peice sete we find here direct evidence of the exis- 
tence of the system of Garhs and Talugs over a large integral 
part of Chhattisgarh within quite modern times. 
23. The Kalahandi Dependency of which some details 
have been given in para. 11 above, is a remarkable instance of an 
subdivided into small talugs subordinate to the Garh. Thus 
we read in Elliott’s report “There remain therefore in the 
“hands of the Raja five Garhs........ The two first are 
‘sub-divided into twelve and pideiags talooks whose names 
‘‘and villages are given in the margin.”’ This is the same or- 
ganization as that still siparnat i in 5 ae Satgarh to the north 
of Bilaspur only 50 years ago It tallies too with what we 
should expect to find in the rest of Chhattisgarh, judging from 
Mr. Hewitt’s account of the “ Taluqdari system” ; and I have 
therefore no hesitation in Morea tice that at one time Chhattis- 
ae like Kalahandi, was a complete network of these small 
bdivisions, exactly iy we find was the case among 
aatale all the aboriginal tribes of Chota Nagpur to the 
East. Each Taluq had its petty chief as Mr. Hewitt expressly 
tells us (see para. 19 above) and this petty chief regulated his 
