34 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S. , XII, 



II. Sarkar Kalang Dandapata- 



It is the only place in the Ain where Dandapata, the 

 Hindu word for the older higher divisions, has slipt in. It 

 had 27 mahals, but no details thereof are given. Kalinga 

 Dandapata is mentioned in the temple chronicles , but without 



any Bisis. 



Kalinga is one of the oldest names recorded in Indian history 



and is mentioned in Asoka's inscriptions. It is not my inten- 

 tion to trace here its old history. Its mediaeval history has 

 been briefly narrated in the account under Rajamahendrl. 



Its headquarters appears to have been shifted from time 

 to time. During the early Ganga rule the capital was at 

 Mukhalingam, modern Nagarikataka, on the upper reach of the 

 Vaiiiadhara river. Later it appears to have been shifted to 

 Sri-kurmam on the sea-coast, where the main temple is covered 

 with inscriptions recording grants of the Gahga kings. The 

 road to Kafici (modern Conjeveram) passed by this town, and 

 its temple was visited by Caitanya in 1510 a.d. 



During Musalman occupation the headquarters was changed 

 to Chicacole, 8 miles west, on the north bank of the Languliya 

 river. Its Musalman occupation is shown by several mosques, 

 of which the oldest existing goes back to 1030 h. (1620 a.d.), 

 and the next oldest, the Jumma Masjid, to 1055 H. (1644 



A.D.). 



Kalinga Dandapata was bounded on the north by the' 



river and extended southwards probably as far as 

 Vizagapatam, thereby including the notable tlrtha Simhacalam. 

 It would thus comprise the greater part of modern Ganjam and 

 the northern part of Vizagapatam district. 



III. Sarkar Katak. 



This sarkar covered a very large area, and was assessed 

 with the highest revenue in Bengal, 91,432,730 dams, or at the 

 rate of 40 dams per Uahi Rupee, Rs. 22,85,818}. It lay ap- 

 proximately between the Baitarani river on the north and the 

 Rsikulya river on the south, with the sea on the east, and the 

 ill-defined Garjat state of Bod on the west. It comprised thus 

 almost the whole of Katak district, the whole of Puri district, 

 the northern part of Ganjam district, and several Garjat state 

 on either bank of the Mahanadl river, such as Athagara, Tigiria, 

 Baramba, Khandapara, Narsihgapura, Daspalla, Dherikanala, 

 Bod, besides Ranapura and Nayagara further south. 



The heading of the Ain gives 21 mahals, but the details 

 below supply only 20 names. The mahal omitted in the 

 text was probably Lembai Dandapata : see infra. There is not 

 a single Mahomedan name in the mahals, a fact due to its very 

 recent conquest by the Mahomedans and to its imperfect pos- 



