>18 Notes on Chutid Nagpur , Packet , and Paldmau. [No. 2, 
“ Bir Narain, Zammdar of Pachet, a country attached to pvibali 
Bihar, was under Shahjahan a commander of 700, 300 horse, and 
died in the 6th year (A. E. 1042-43, A. D. 1632-33). 
Short as the remark is, it implies that Packet paid a fixed pesh- 
kash to Dikii. 
. But the Padishahndmah , and the ’ Atamgirndmah, a detailed 
history of the first ten years of Aurangzib’s reign, contain three 
longer notes on Palamau, which are of some interest. The former 
work spells the name of Palamau Palamaun ; the latter has 
Paldivon. 
According to the Padishahnamah, in 1641, when Shaistah Klian 
was Shahjahan’s governor of Bihar, the Rajak of Palamau was 
Pratab, son Balbhadr, who is called a Chero. The Cheros, like 
the Kkarwars, are a Kolarian tribe, to whom Buchanan attributes 
numerous monuments in Bihar. 
The word Chero is spelled by Muhammadan historians Xjj-f- 
Charoh } 8^^ Cheroh , and Chero. The earliest notice of 
Cheros, I believe, is to be found in the Tuhfah i Akbarshahi ,* 
a history of the Sur Dynasty, written during the reign, and 
apparently at the command, of Akbar. Prom this work we see 
that a Chero Rajah of the name of Maharta (e*;^) gave Slier 
Shah some, trouble. He sent his general Kkawap Khan against 
him, who attacdied the Rajah and killed him. This took place 
immediately before the battle of Qannauj (10th Muharram, 945, 
or 8th June, 1538, A. D.) Unfortunately, it is not stated whether 
Maharta reigned in Palamau or any other part of Bihar. Abulfazl 
also mentions Cheros as the principal Zamindars (in 1590) in 
Chai Champa (Ramgarh) and Pundag (Palamau). Ain text , p. 418. 
* The Tuhfah i Akbarshahi was written by ’Abbas Khan Sarwani, son of 
Shaikh ’AH Sarwani, and is divided into three Tabaqat, or chapters. Chapt. I. 
The reign of Sher Khan. Chapt. II. Islem Khan. Chapt. III. The successors 
of Islem Khan. The first chapter was translated into Urdu by one Mazhar 
’AH Khan, at the request of Capt. James Mowat (ooy* Mouat, or Mowat P), 
and in the preface the Marquis of Wellesley and Lord Cornwallis are praised. 
The translation, which has the title of Tdrikh i Sher Shdhi, is easy and flowing, 
and the MS. copy in the Society’s Library is a very excellent MS. I have 
seen no copy of the original work. 
