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latter, that it is necessary to trace the history of the extension of 

 power across the Mahamiddy in so far as the grouping of the once 

 known " 18 Gurhs" shall he concerned. 



Relinquishment by the Rajah of Patna of territory and dominion on 

 the left hank of the Ung River. — Nursing Deo, the 12th Maharajah of 

 Patna, and his brother Bulram Deo quarrelling, the former made over 

 absolutely to the latter, (probably on compulsion,) all such portions of 

 his territories as lay north of the river Ung : the engagement between 

 the two brothers being that each was to be perfectly independent of 

 the other. Bulram Deo, taking possession of his allotment, erected 

 a fort on the right bank of the Mahanuddy, exactly opposite the 

 present city of Sumbulpore at Chowunpore, (where to this day the 

 traces of his fort are visible,) and adopted the title of Rajah of 

 Chowunpore. Shortly after this, he- dispossessed Sirgooja of the depen- 

 dencies of Suktee, Raigurh and Burgurh, and of the remaining por- 

 tion, as before noticed, of Sumbulpore, and finally included Boad and 

 Atmullick, (now Gurjat States of Cuttack,) among the number of 

 his territory mehals. After this, he abandoned the Fort of Chowun- 

 pore, and crossing the river, erected a mud fort on the opposite 

 bank. To this, be gave the name of Sumbulpore, from the number 

 of Seemul trees that existed there on its site. Then changing 

 his own title to that of Maharajah of Sumbulpore, he founded a 

 dominion which soon took the real ascendancy over the parent State 

 of Patna. 



The two states of Patna and Sumbulpore were now distinct, and 

 the area of the "28 gurhs" was now fully embraced. But as yet 

 this number of Gurjat States with independent chiefs, tributary to 

 the two paramount rulers of Patna and Sumbulpore, were not fully 

 formed. 



Enumeration of the 15 Gurhs of the Sumbiblpore and Patna 

 group. — The then existing tributary Gurjat States attached to Sum- 

 bulpore were Phooljur, Sarungurh, Suktee, Raigurh, Burgurh, Bur- 

 marr, Gangpoor, Bamra, Boad, Atmullick, and, by admission of the 

 Sumbulpore Maharajah, Rehracole : to these may be added Chundur- 

 pore, retained by the Maharajah under his own immediate authority. 

 In Patna, the only dependency was Bindanawagurh. The total there- 

 fore of the " 18 gurhs" or Gurjat States, during the time of Nursing 



