100 Historical Narrative of the Rajahs of Goomsoor. [Jan. 



who had killed three persons in one day, now hecame lord paramount. 

 At this time the province of Gumsara had become subject to the 

 Moghuls, and paid a tribute of five thousand rupees. The said ruler fur- 

 ther put to death several persons who were well-disposed towards Mon- 

 da-devi, confined in prison. G'' hana- B^honju in the Corada coun'iry 

 won over the people of Mdluva (or Maliva), and these people took oc- 

 casion, at a time when the guards were all engaged in attending to a 

 dance, to enter the prison, and carry off Monda-devi to Badava, a vil- 

 lage in the Corada country. She was there delivered of a son. G^hana 

 B^hojiju had the child c-dDed R ana B^honju; he remained together 

 with the child in Maliva, and thence, from time to time, carried on a 

 warfare against Nila-cand' ha B'honja. He also caused information to 

 be sent to his father Bonamali B^honju (before called Govinda) at Jaga- 

 nad'ha, and this latter got together some troops; with the assistance 

 of the Nuvagada raja, they together entered the MuCha (rented dis- 

 trict) of Jaganad^ ha Prasadu, and carried their ravages as far as Collada 

 (the before mentioned fort of the chieftain). Ghana B'honju, assem- 

 bling the Maliva people, and entering by the village Garada, fought on 

 his way to Collada. Nila-cand'ha B' honju, unable to maintain posses- 

 sion of the fort, quitted it on foot, and during two years (nominally) 

 held the chieftainship, and then retired to Arugada of D' hara-colta. 

 In this country a son was born to him named Ubendra B' honjii, \\\vo 

 after becoming highly distinguished for talents in singing, died. 

 Subsequently, when war had ceased, G'hana Blionja had Ra^ia 

 B'honju installed in the chieftainship over the Gumsara coun- 

 try, he himself managing the government ; and when Ra7ia B'honju 

 attained the age of fi ve years, he cast him into a well, and 

 taking that Maha-devi (the child's mother) to himself, he himself 

 ruled the country. The Cddula people in the Maliva country, 

 hearing of this murder of the young raja, raised a great disturb- 

 ance, and during the commotion, the Nuwab (name not mentioned) 

 assembling a force came, and taking G'hana B'honju prisoner, con- 

 fined him in Asica (a town so called). The Nuwab had a very fleet 

 horse whom no one could ride ; and it being allowed G' liana h'honjUf 

 to try and subdue the animal, he mounted thereon ; and, unknown to 

 any one, entered his own country, where he again stirred up an oppo- 

 sition to the Nuwab, wdio admiring his behaviour restored him to the 

 chieftainship. While G'hana B'honju ruled, the Gajapati raja, named 

 Rama Chandra, had associated himself with the Mahomedans, and 

 adopted their religion ; but his queen, from an unwillingness to forfeit 



