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palace at Betpore and in the 37th Auk went to bathe in the Gundukee 

 river. He married the daughter of Bandhoo Bahar Singh. He 

 came from Budree Narain on the boat called a champ, to the Nil Kun- 

 dur that is Pursottem chutter, where he worshipped Jugunnath Jeo and 

 founded the Mukoond Bullubh Bhog. He died of the small-pox at 

 Jaujpore. 



Raja Dirb Singh Deo reigned 27 years and 8 months. In the 7th 

 Auk the gates of the temple of Jugunnath closed suddenly. Afterwards 

 in the 21st Auk a person named Jye Jee Rama came with a party of 

 380 people and opened them. Raja Dirb Singh Deo killed the 

 Khundart of Burung and took possession of his country. He con- 

 quered also Banpoxe and built a palace at Rutheepore in Khoonda. 

 He died in the 34th Auk* at Ponee. 



Huririkissen Deo succeeded and reigned 40 years. This raja 

 made a quantity of chunam by burning cowries and whitewashed 

 about one half of the great temple of Sree Jeo. 



Afterwards raja Gopinath reigned seven years and 2 months. 



Raja Ramchunder Deo reigned 12 years. He was renowned for his 

 strength and skill in athletic exercises. This prince was entrapped 

 by Mohummed Tukee (the Mussulman Soobedar) who put him in 

 confinement, killed his dewan Bumoo Bhowurbur, and exercised 

 authority in his country for some time. He afterwards escaped through 

 the intervention of Sree Jeo, and recovered possession of his country 

 but was killed in a contest with the Mussulmans. 



He was succeeded by raja Beer Kissoue Deo who reigned 44 years • 

 In the 2nd Auk, Pudlabh Deo of Puttier aspired to the rajgee, and 

 gained possession of it for a short time, but was betrayed by raja Beer 

 Kipne Deo's people, who pretended to espouse his cause, and put to 

 death. In the 17th Auk the Marhattas laid waste Khinda and took pos- 

 session of the pergunnahs with Pursottem Chutter eli ; in the 23rd Auk 

 Narian Deo came into Orissa and claimed the rajgee. The raja's 

 dewan was sent to the Marhattas to beg assistance, who dispatched a 

 force to his aid on his agreeing to mortgage the pergunnahs Ser- 

 aeem and Simbaee. Narain Deo was accordingly driven out and Beer- 

 kissore Deo then took up his abode at Banpore. The raja was now 

 seized with a desire to learn the enchantment called the Ashta Bietul 

 Deo, and whilst studying intently the requisite incantations he lost 

 his reason. He was then plundered by his bukshee Damoodur 

 Bhowurbur who took him into Cuttack to the raja Ram Pundit 

 by whom he was confined and his grandson Dirb Singh Deo installed 



* Perhaps a contraction of abhisJUk, the year of his reign. 



