56 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XII, 1916.] 



this road on the Kalighai river and near the modern Narayana- 

 gara village. Narayanapura is mentioned in a copper-plate 

 inscription as a Kataka where the Orisa king Narasimhadeva IV 

 halted and passed orders on 24th February, 1397 a.d., about 

 a land grant. 1 According to the karca (diary) of Govinda Dasa 

 Narayanagara was 

 Medinipur. 



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liti and Naiga. Jauliti is mentioned between Tania and Nara- 

 napur, and Naiga follows just after Naranapur. They cannot 

 be identified, but from their position in the context they would 

 seem to be some Dandapatas of the sarkar Jalesar. Naiga 

 might have survived in the name Nagwan of Than a Egra. It 

 must have been a place of some importance, as a Joint Magis- 

 trate had his head-quarters here for some time before its 

 removal lo present Contai. 



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1 J.A.S.B., 1805, p. 152, Narayanapura- katake Srtcarane puja attaru 



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