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those on their first visit performed their respective duties to Ramaraja, when 

 he was seated on his throne or Sinhasanam. To this day likewise, the feu- 

 datories or thakurs of the great Rajput principalities, as Jyepur, Joudpur, 

 and Oudipur, are bound to attend the court of their prince for certain fixed 

 periods in each year, there to do homage, and to perform such services as 

 the terms of their several tenures prescribe. 



The estate of the Chief Khetri, or Lord Paramount, comprized the fairest 

 and most fertile portion of the monarchy of Orissa. In every part of India 

 it would seem that, even under the Hindus, the domains reserved for the 

 crown constituted, if not the largest, at least the most valuable and pro- 

 ductive share of the whole territory, and it was the uniform policy of the 

 strong government of the Mohammedans, constantly to enlarge this share 

 by the gradual subjugation and absorption of the possessions of the lesser 

 chiefs and princes. As it is the above-mentioned estate or concern, with 

 the management of which the Officers of the British government are chief- 

 ly occupied, and from which nearly all its revenues are derived, it is 

 of course of particular importance to enquire respecting the system and the 

 rights anciently prevailing and still existing, in the tract known by the modern 

 appellation of the Mogulbandi or Khaliseh. Whilst the Mogulbandi yields 

 to the state a revenue of between twelve and thirteen lacs, in its real cha- 

 racter of Proprietor, the Rajwara or division occupied by the feudal chiefs, 

 pays a light tribute of only 1,20,000, the difference between that and the 

 actual net produce, which is at the lowest calculation in the ratio of one to 

 ten, being enjoyed by the several Zemindars, in virtue of their proprietary 

 rights. 



In the Khaliseh territory, obvious traces exist to this day of a subdivision 

 of lands into tracts held by Military retainers, and those of the common 

 Malguzari ryots. Tenants of the former description are called at present 

 Paiks, and lesser Khandaits, and the estates on which they are found are 

 entered in the revenue accounts as " Khurdiah Gerjat,"* but whatever 



* Lit. small forts or fortified posts, with lauds annexed, 

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