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of going into these forests, which since the desertion of the place, have 

 been overrun by wild beasts, and frequented only by plundering Nagas. 

 The remains of Dhemapore Nugger consist of some pillars of 

 various patterns, a gateway, the ruined tower, or palace wall, and 

 a small fort to the north, besides tanks both within and without the 

 walls. The fortification is surrounded on three sides by a dry ditch, of 

 about thirty feet broad, a bund, or camp, and a second ditch. The 

 gateway is in a tolerable state of preservation, but the inner passage, 

 or guard room, has given way, and lies a heap of ruins, on which 

 the Nagaser and other trees grow. The pillars are in three parallel 

 rows, two of which are of a circular form, and one square ; there are ten 

 in each row of the former, and twenty in the single row of the latter ; 

 many of them have been split asunder by trees falling on them, 

 and shrubs growing from out of them ; in one spot a large banian tree 

 has entwined its roots over a fallen one ; some of them have been 

 worn smooth by the wild animals (elephants, rhinoceroses, hogs, &c.) 

 rubbing themselves against them. One of the pillars appears as if 

 it had been an instrument for the punishment of criminals. It resem- 

 bles two long square pillars joined at the base, and gradually increasing 

 in distance from each other, from two inches at the bottom, to several 

 feet at the top. The form of the town, or palace enclosure, is an oblong 

 square, lengthways facing the river, which is about 200 yards off. It was 

 built by Chokradoz, 4th Rajah of Cachar,* but long subsequent to the erec- 



*RAJAHS OF CACHAR. 



1 Oodi Bhim ; the founder of the House ; 



his son, 



2 Kartrick Chundro ; 



his son, 



3 Beerdurpo; 



his son, 



4 Chokradoz; 



his son, 



5 Manik Chundro ; 



his son, 



6 Phalgoo Durpo ; 



his son, 



7 Hurrick Chundro ; 



his son, 



8 Narionee Chundro ; 

 . his son, 



9 Madub Chundro ; 



his son, 



