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*Iwaz, had at the southern end Lakhn-or which was not far south, 
lying at a distance of ten days’ journey from Debi-kot, Dinajpur 
district. Lakhn-or continued to be the southern-most town in the 
time of ’Izz-ud-din Tughril-i Tughan Khan (642 H,), and net 
too, of Ikhtiyar-ud-din Yizbuk-i Tughril Khan (circa 
Before a end of seventh century Hijra, the tract must 6 been 
annexed, as we find at Tribeni Zafar Khan’s mosque dated 698 
and Madéends, dated Ist Muharram 713 H. (28th April 1313 A. D) }: 3 
About 731 H., in the time of the Delhi Emperor Tughlak, Bengal 
was sabdiv ided, and this portion must have been included in the 
south-western division with the seat of government at Satgaon. 
Bengal history. Sher Shah Sir divided Bengal into separate pro- 
vinces with a separate governor for each, all controlled by Kazi 
Fazilat *; but the names of these divisions and governors are not 
known. The separate governorship was abolished by his son. 
In Todarmal’s rent-roll, this tract was comprised in sarkars Sat- 
gaon, Sharifabad and Sulaimanabad.4 
Nothing is known about the old capital of Suhmas. A 
scholiast on Panini VI, 2, 89 gives the 
ormation Suhma-nagara. In the Pavana- 
ditam of the 4th piicdar of the twelfth century, Vijayapuri on 
the Bh&agirathi is said to be the capital of Suhma Cras 36).° 
is probably notte 3 name of Nidiah, arr ae as the seat of 
government o aksmanasena, at the time it was sacked by 
Muhammad-i Bakht-yar (A.D. 1199). . Tues at the confluence 
of the Kharia and the Bhagirathi, the town had exceptional 
ete being within convenient reach of Vanga, Gauda, and 
Pundravarddhana. It was left desolated by the Khalj invaders. 
By the pak of the thirteenth century, the head-quarters had bee 
removed to Satgadon including Tribeni, for which see Radha. 
Capital, 
IV. RADHA. 
The name can be traced to a pretty old time. In the Aya- 
Par oaleietr ranking among the oldest 
— Jain riptures, the Mahavira “tra- 
velled in the pathless Preirores i: the Ladhas, in cen and 
Subbhabhimi; he re miserable 
In Jaina Scripture. tos and miserable seats (2). Even in 
the faithful part of the rough country. the dogs bit him, ran re 
him (3). Few people kept off the attacking, biting dogs. Striki 
the monk they cried chu-cha, and made the dogs bite him (4), 
Such were the ee: Many otKer re eating rough 
trong pole or a stalk 

in Vajjabhimi, and carrying 
(to keep off the dogs) aired there (5). Brak tis armed they were 
1 Tad. ae tena aera 1870, p. 287. 
3 Tarikh-i She met le Elliot, IV, 39 
4 Ain-i Akb., Jarrett, I, 139-141 ; TRAS. 1896, pp. 96-1 
5 J.A.S.B., 1905, pp. 45, 58. 8 Tab, Nas, pp- 584, 55758. 
