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chandan, taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by his absence, 

 formed a conspiracy against his authority ; they murdered the head Percha 

 of the temple at Puri, drove Mukund Harichandan from Cuttack, and 

 gained possession of the capital. These occurrences obliged the Raja to 

 return with a large part of his army, and a pitched battle took place be- 

 tween the parties, when the insurgents were defeated and pursued as far as 

 the Ganges. Raja Govind Deo died on the banks of that river at the Das 

 Aswamedh ghat, in the seventh year of his rule.. 



Pertab Chakra Deo was then placed on the throne by the minister 

 Danaye Bidiadhur, who, after seeing his authority properly established, 

 returned to the Deccan to look after matters in that quarter. Though a 

 weak, oppressive, and tyrannical prince, who carried his excesses so far 

 even as to distress brahmins, he was maintained in the government for about 

 eight years by the influence and support of his minister, and then died sud- 

 denly in the temple itself, 



There being no heir left of the Rajas of Orissa, a chief named Narsingh. 

 Jenna, distinguished for his bravery and conduct, stept into the vacant seat 

 of government. Jealous of the influence of Danaye Bidiadhur, he procured 

 his attendance from the Deccan, and then with the assistance of his rival 

 Mukund Harichandan, threw him into chains and imprisonment at Cuttack. 

 In the mean time Raghu Bhanj Chotra, having recovered from his former 

 defeat, entered Orissa again at the head of a large force to assert his claims 

 to the Raj. He was opposed by Mukund Harichandan, who took him 

 prisoner after many bloody battles. 



Narsingh Jenna was deposed at the end of the year, it does not appear 

 by whom, and the reins of government then passed into the hands of the 

 most undoubtedly powerful officer in the province, Mukund Harichandan, 

 the Telinga, who ascended the throne of the Gajapatis, A. D. 1550, under, 

 the well known title of Telinga Mukund Deo, 



