204 ON ORXSSA PROPER 



cers from the retirement of Raja Man Sinh in A. D. 1604, to the dewan- 

 ship of the famous Nuwab Jaffer Khan Nasiri (A. D. 1707 to 1725), has to 

 be gleaned from a few scattered notices in Persian histories of Bengal and 

 scarcely intelligible revenue accounts ; though the century in question must 

 be regarded as a most important period in the annals of the country, when 

 we consider the deep and permanent traces impressed on the state of affairs, 

 by the arrangements, institutions, offices, and official designations, introduc- 

 ed by the imperial government during that interval. Subsequent to the ele- 

 vation of Jaffer Khan, we meet with tolerably full and detailed journals and 

 records both of the Mohammedan and Marhatta administrations, compose^ 

 in the Persian language. 



List of Khar da Rajas, 



Ramchander Deo, succeeds - - - - - A. D. 1580 



Pursottem Deo, --->-,_- - - - 1609 



NarsinhDeo, ----- 16:10 



Gangadhar Deo, -----„ - -. T -- 1655 



Balbhadder Deo, ---,--„ - - - 1656 



Mukund Deo, «■ - - - - - 1664 



Dirb Sinh Deo, - - - - 1692 



Kishen or Harikishen Deo, ..-_ , __ 1715 



Gopinath Deo, » - - - - T - _ _ „. 1720 



Ramchander Deo, __-,_-- „ -. 1727 



Bfr Kishore Deo, _.-_, 1743 



Dirb Sinh Deo, -------- _ __ 173^ 



' Mukund Deo, * - - - - % - - - , r 1798, 



The southern part of Orissa Proper must have suffered much from the 

 constant wars, insurrections, and internal commotions, that prevailed dur- 

 ing the early times of the Musselman government. The Moguls seem to 

 have been actuated by peculiar rancour and ill will towards Jagannath, and 

 lost no opportunity of annoying and disturbing the Hindus in the per* 



