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



from the Khurdha subdivision by the branch Daya. A con- 

 siderable number of land grants to the god Jagannatha lay in 

 this Dandapata. 



IV. Sarkar Bhadrak. 



A small division consisting of seven mahals only, but with 

 a considerable revenue, Rs. 4,67, 179 J. It consisted part of 

 northern Katak (Barua and Kaima) and the greater part of 

 present Bhadrak subdivision. Excluding Barua the sarkar 

 lay between the Baitarani (in its old course) on the south, the 

 Kasabasa on the north, between the sea on the east, and the 

 Xilgiri hills and south-east Keunjhara tributary state on the 



west. 



The higher grouping into sarkar did not exist in Hindu 

 time, but was formed during the occupation of the Afghans. 

 When the treaty between the Afghan Sultan Daud and the 

 Mughal generals Munim Khan and Todar 

 Katak on 12th April, 1575 a.d., sarkar Katak was left with 

 Da Ad, while sarkars Bhadrak and Jalesar passed to the Mughals. 

 Nazar Bahadur was the first Mughal governor of Bhadrak. 

 When Munim Khan died of epidemic at Gaur in the following 

 rains, Daud attacked Nazar Bahadur and killed him. The 

 whole of Orissa then passed into the hands of Afghans, and 

 remained in their possession until reconquered by Manasimha in 



1593 a.d. 



1600 



Afgh 



Imperialists near Bhadrak, and repossessed Orisa. Manasimha 



hurried back, defeated the Afgh 



Western 



Bengal. 



(1) 5anmwithtwofortresses,BanakandRaskoi. Apargana 

 lying between the Brahmani and the Kharsua rivers in north 

 Katak (Beames). Not mentioned in the Temple chronicles. 

 Probably formed in Mahomedan time on account of its impor- 

 tance, the Padshahi road passing through it. The mahal had 

 a fairly large revenue of Rs. 81,000 and therefore comprised 

 not only the present pargana of Barua, but also Jodh. It would 

 have been thus bounded on the east by the Bur ha branch of 

 the Baitarani with the Kharsua, and on the south by the 

 Brahmani. At present these parganas are subject to much 

 floods. But in the older days when the Kharsua was not so 

 destructive, the land must have been very fertile. In Prince 

 Shah Sujah's rent-roll Barwa was raised into a sarkar with nine 

 mahals and added to Katak group. 



The two forts at Banak and Raskoi lay apparently on th* 

 Padshahi road. The first may be Banka-sahi as identified by 

 Beames ; but his identification of the second with the insignifi- 

 cant village of Rispur on the Kharsua is open to doubts. 



(2) Jaukajri. Jogjurl village on the southern slope of 



