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48. Hijo and his Grandsons. (A leaf from the history of ancient 
Kédmarupa).—By Satyaransan Ray, M.A., Rangpur. — Com- 
municated by the Philological Secretary. 
Several Bhuiyds or local rulers began to govern the country The rise of 
west of the river Brahmaputra after the extirpation of the Khen the Koches. 
dynasty by Hossein Shah. The Koches, who were by far the . 
most powerful of them, played an important part during the split 
up of the Khen dominions. Hajo was their leader who came into 
whom were married to a Mech chief called Hariya (or Haridas) 8°08. 
who lived in Mount Chikna. The sisters Jird and Hird had two 
sons each,—the former became the mother of Chandan and Madan, 
and the latter of Vishu Sinha and Sishu Sinha. 
h 
have already stated that he wasa Koch chief and the maternal Keno te Abe 
har ! maternal 
Dr. Latham, in his grandfather 
Temple of 
4j0. 
Hajo in the Journal the Asiatic Society of Ben 
large vaulted vestibule, measuring ea . . es Nivdyan 
t roe Zz Ti vy ’ 
Shee a S80 He found the temple 
Hajo’s great-grandson, in 1550 ibe fungl 
entirely deserted, and almost lost in impenetrable jung poke ians 
only repaired it, but endowed it with lands, priests, Nickyan 
and dancing girls. The vaulted brick addition aryian the skill 
replaced a dismantled edifice of stone, which he had og rye h 
to restore. The temple is situated on a hill about 300 feet hig. 
i i ha- 
Chinese traveller, calls it Kus 
gg a ig on. is evidently a forced contraction of 
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Vihara. The modern word 
* Koch,’ 
