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its dependencies?, was assigned as a Zemindari to Ramcliander, the eldest 

 son of Telinga Mukund Deo, and Sarengerh on the same tenure to the se- 

 cond son Chakouri Bhowerber. Both were acknowledged as Rajas, and 

 had the controul of a number of the Killahjat estates in different parts of 

 the district. These arrangements have been already adverted to more in 

 detail, in that portion of my paper which is designed to furnish some ac- 

 count of the land tenures and political institutions of Orissa. 



The title of sovereignty has been always acknowledged by the general 

 voice and feeling of the country, to vest in the Rajas ofKhurda, though 

 disputed formerly by the other branches of the royal house who have now 

 sunk into entire insignificance. The former received by far the largest and 

 most valuable portion of the country, in Man Sinh's allotment, and the ces- 

 sion of Puri alone was a sufficient acknowledgment of their superior 

 claims. Down to the present moment, the Rajas ofKhurda are the sole 

 fountain of honour in this district, and all deeds whatever drawn out in 

 the JJria language, bear the date of the Anh or accession of the reigning 

 prince of that house, and are prefaced with a recital of his titles, which run 

 precisely in the style adopted many centuries ago by the great Raja Anang 

 Bhim Deo. 



Ramcliander Deo enjoyed his station and dignities for twenty-nine 

 years, tie was an able and respectable prince, and his memory seems to be 

 much venerated by the natives of the province. From his time, the field 

 embraced by the Orissan annals, becomes greatly narrowed, though they 

 still afford a vast deal of curious local information. The necessary limits 

 of an essay of this kind confine n;e to an exhibition of 1st. A list of the 

 names of the several Rajas and the duration of their reigns, and 2nd, a 

 brief outline of such part of their history, as has any connection with the ge- 

 neral affairs of the Subah of Orissa. The materials for an historical account 

 of the country, under this new denomination, are very scanty and imper- 

 fect. The slender information extant of the proceedings of the Mogul offi- 



