902 A few Notes on the subject of [No. 155. 



and to guard the property, then far from inconsiderable, at both those 

 places. At the former place, Hurree Ram Joshee, a Kumaonee and cou- 

 sin of Seeb-dev, and at the latter place Sree Ram Doss, a native (I be- 

 lieve) of Bazpoor, acted as the agents of the Kumaon government. The 

 son of Sree Ram Doss, Nundram by name, is celebrated in Kumaon his- 

 tory, as the traitor, who in conjunction with his brother Hurgovind, for 

 selfish purposes, ceded the possession of the Terrai to the Nawab Asoph 

 ud-Dowla, after murdering Hureeram Joshee's son, Munooruth, and 

 thus obtaining power over Roodurpoor and the Eastern Pergunnahs. 

 The nephew of Nundram, and son of Hurgovind, Seeb Lall, is the 

 person whom in 1210 Fuslee, the English found in power in the Terrai, 

 and with whom the first settlement of that tract was made. We have 

 now all the dramatis personce on the stage, before the curtain drops 

 on the scene, at the close of Kumaonese influence in the Terrai. Dur- 

 ing Seebdeo's administration, the Rohillas did not disturb in any 

 great degree the tranquillity of the Kumaon lowlands. Their 

 chiefs, during the frequent flights which they made to the foot of the 

 hills when they had encountered any disasters below in conflicts with the 

 Wuzeer's forces, formed an acquaintance with the hill Rajah and his Mi- 

 nisters, which in some cases ripened into friendship. Deep Chund and 

 Hafiz Rehmut Khan exchanged turbans, and Seebdeo's son, Hurack- 

 deo Joshee, who afterwards became so conspicuous a political charac- 

 ter at the period of the war between the British and Nepalese, enjoyed 

 a place of trust in the immediate household of Nujeeb-ud-Dowla. At 

 the battle of Paneeput, Hurree Ram Joshee is said to have distinguish- 

 ed himself conspicuously amongst the levies brought to that place from 

 the Rohilcund territory, and to have carried back to Kumaon an ele- 

 phant and other plunder of the Mahrattas to the extent of some thousand 

 rupees, which the Rohilla chiefs accorded in return for the aid or good- 

 will of the Kumaon Rajah at that great crisis. 



10. The Terrai remained in a state of (comparatively speaking) fair 

 Conclusion of Deep prosperity during that portion of Deep Chund's 



^i^tVSZm^tl rei S n > in which the hU1 territor y was undistracted 

 events, both in hills and by internal commotions. Up to the death of Seeb- 



plains, on the state ot the J * 



Terrai.— And summary of deo Joshee in 1686 Saka, corresponding to 1764 



events antecedent to the . , 



final separation of the low- a.d., these commotions had been very partial 

 er Bhabur from the hill , . >n . . *? ,., . ,, „ .•_._ 



territory. and trifling in Kumaon, while at the same time 



