SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF MADAVARAJYA. 
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District of 
Devasarasa. 
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it. This pass and its ancient name Banasala we have already 
spoken of. 1 
Of other old localities Pancahasta, the present Panzath, has already 
been referred to as the site of one of the traditional sources of the 
Vitasta. Kalhana mentions it in connection with a Matha which 
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S'uravarman, Avantivarman’s minister, built here. 2 * A pretty valley 
which opens to the south of Panzath, is now known by the name of 
its chief village Ruzul. The latter is mentioned by Jonaraja as Rajo- 
laka. 8 About three miles higher up this valley is the Naga of Vasuki. 
It is mentioned in the Nilamata and other old texts, but does not 
appear to have ever been an important Tirtha. 4 
115. The Pargana of Div a sar which adjoins Shahabad-Ver on the 
west, may be roughly described as comprising 
the tract of alluvial plain drained by the 
Vesau (Visoka). By its ancient name of 
Devasarasa it is often mentioned in the Rajataraiigini and other Chro¬ 
nicles. 5 Being extensively irrigated by canals drawn from the Visoka 
it is very fertile. This accounts for the great part which the Damaras 
or feudal landholders of Devasarasa played during the weak reigns of 
the latter kings. No certain reference to a specific locality within this 
tract can be traced in our old texts. But it seems probable that 
Parevisoka, repeatedly named in Kalhana’s Chronicle, must be looked 
for within Devasarasa ; the name means literally * beyond the Visoka.’ 6 
The fertile valleys descending to the right bank of the Visoka from 
that portion of the Pir Pantgal Range which lies between the Kons a r 
Nag Peak and the Molii Pass, form a small district of their own, known 
in recent times by the double name Khur-Nar a vav. The first part of 
this name is taken from the large village of Khur situated about two 
miles from the Visoka, circ. 74° 56" 45" long. 33° 37' lat. It is marked 
as ‘ Koori ’ on the larger Survey map. The name Kher! which we find 
used by Kalhana and Sfiivara for the designation of the tract, is in all 
probability the older form of Khur. 7 It seems that in later Hindu times 
the administration of Kheri, perhaps as a royal allodial domain, formed 
a special charge. Kalhana often refers to the Kherikarya as a high 
state-office. The Sikhs and Dogras who established Jagirs for members 
1 Compare above, § 41. 
2 See Rdjat. v. 24. 
8 See Jonar. (Bo. ed.), 90. 
* See Nilamata, 901. 
6 Compare Rdjat. viii. 504 note. 
6 Compare Rdjat. iv. 5 note. 
7 Compare regarding the identification of Kheri, Rdjat. i. 335 note. 
