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of Caubisakuda, lying between Puri town and the Cilka lake, 

 but also the sandy strip separating the Cilka lake from the sea. 

 The name is derived from caubisa = twenty-four + kuda 

 heaps (rising above water). 



The four forts were probably Killahs Andhari, Parikuda, 

 Malud and Bajrakot, all found in the sandy strip. There must 

 hav*3 been other killahs, for the quota of men to be furnished 

 (500 cavalry and 20,000 infantry) approach the tenure of Garjat 

 states. 



(13) Jash or Habsh, urf Tajpur with a fort. Amisprint 

 for Jajpur, the ancient, celebrated and sacred city on the 

 Baitarni (Beames). No Dandapata or Bisi by name Jajapur 

 can be traced in the Madalu Pahji. But I see no reasons to 

 doubt Beames' identification. The mahal had a considerable 

 revenue, Rs. 59, 974£, and included not only the present pargana 

 of Jajapura, but also Parganas Tisania and Dolagrama. It was 

 thus bounded on the north by the Baitarani, on the west and the 

 east by the Burha branch and an old branch of the Baitarani, 

 and on the south by the Kharsua branch of the Brahmani river. 

 In the subsequent rent-roll of the Prince Shah Shujah, Jajapur 

 was formed into a separate sarkar with five mehals. 



The fort at Jajapura now lies in ruins at Gara Solampura. 

 This village is situated opposite Jajapura town on the left bank 

 of the Baitarani, and thus lie within the jurisdiction of Thana 

 Dhamanagara, Subdivision Bhadraka, District Balasore. Ac- 

 cording to traditions it was built by the king Kapilendradeva of 

 the Surya dynasty (1434-1469 a.d.). Traditions speak also or 

 an older fort near the temple of Biraja, two miles south of the 

 Baitarani river. The name of this place Nahara-pada signifies 

 " the land of the palace." 



(14) Dakhan Dikh, with four forts. The four forts of the 

 southern region, Parikud, Malud, Bajrakot and Andhari 

 (Beames). A mistake, for they lie in Caubisakuda (see No. 12). 

 It is really the Dakhinadiga Dandapata of the T. chronicles. 

 Of this no less than seventeen Bisis are named, viz., Athaisa, 

 Antarodha, Oldhara, Kate, Kurulo, Kudahara, Kotarahariga. 

 Kodhara, Damarakhanda, Dega, Pacchimaduai, Pubbaduai, 

 Bacasa, Marada. Rahanga, Saibiri and Sailo. 



Except No. 6 all these still exist as parganas, Marada being 

 the older name of Hariharapura. Kate, Dega, Marada, Saibiri 

 and Sailo are in south-east Katak, and the rest are in eastern 

 Puri district. The mahal thus covered an extensive area, 

 spreading north-east from Puri town along its east coast, and 

 then crossing the river Devi into Katak district where its Bisis 

 thrust themselves between the Barabisi Dandapata on the east 

 and the Kodincla Dandapata on the west. The largeness of its 

 area is shown clearly not only by the number of its Bisis, but 

 also by its revenue, Rs. 5,51,644] , with its quota of men, cavalrv 

 180 and infantry 13,060. 



