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(3) Athgarh, with a fort. The Athagara Dandapata of the 

 T. chronicles which give the names of two Bisis, Jesthasihgha 

 and Airatata. Kakhari (opposite Katak town) and Baidyes- 

 wara (in Bahki) were in the former Bisi. The Dandapata thus 

 included not only the present tributary state of Athagara, but 

 also Banki and Domeparah of Katak district, with the ad- 

 joining tributary state of Tigiria. In spite of the wild rugged 

 nature of the country, the mahal had a revenue of Rs. 29,634J, 

 in addition to a quota of 200 cavalry and 7000 infantry, and 

 so must have covered a considerable area. The name is derived 

 from asta = eight + gara = forts. Only one fort is mentioned in 

 the Am, probably the one near Kakhari, on the other side of 

 the Mahanadl river. This one must have been best known to 

 the Musalmans from its proximity to Katak town. 



(4) Purab Dikk, with four forts. Kanika, Kujang. Harish- 

 pur and Mirichpur (Beames). An erroneous suggestion. It is 

 the Purbadlga Dandapata of the T. chronicles, which included 

 a southern section separately named therein, Barabisi Danda- 

 pata. The former is said to have contained twenty-one Bisis 

 and the latter twelve, but the names of fifteen and seven Bisis 

 only can be traced. They are noted below, alphabetically 

 arranged according to Oriya letters : — 



Purbadlga Dandapata (15)— Asuresvara, Kusamandala, 

 Caudakulata, Dahanga, Derabisi, Tlkona, Pa-ida, Paena, Bali, 

 Birumolo, ' Brahmabayalisi, Mohara, Yadisahi, SarasvatI, 



Sukhana-i. _ 



Barabisi Dandapata (7)— Apila, Kaluniya, Khandi, Gandi- 



to, Tirana, Benahara, Yakhemra. 



Of the first group all except Nos. 4, 11 and 12 survive still 

 as parganas, some in a rather altered form, such as Balubisi 

 for Bali, Karimula for Birumolo. In the second group all but 

 No. 2 can be traced. The last one, Yakhemra, is the old 

 name for modern Pargana Jhankara, and appears as such in 

 the Bhdrata of Sarola Dasa l composed during the reign of 

 Prataparudradeva (1496-1540 a.d.). 



From the present position of these parganas, Purbadlga 

 lay entirely on the east side of Katak district. It lay en- 

 closed between the Brahmani river on the north, and the main 

 branch of the Mahanadl on the south, havingits apex at the 

 bifurcation of the Mahanadl and its branch Birupa, and thence 

 spreading eastward fanlike until the saliferous tract on the 



coast is touched. 



The Barabisi Dandapata lay south of Purbadlga, between 

 the main branch of the Mahanadl on the north, and its Devi 

 branch on the south. It was separated from the Kodinda 

 Dandapata on the west by a wedge of the northern part 



i J.A.S.B. 181)8, p. 340, Jakheriirapura-vaseni Hingula Candi Sarolo, 

 or (the goddess) Hingula Candi. resident at Jakhemra-pura. 



