1871.] Antiquities of Jajp ur in Oris A. 153 
“ srm c^;c<r, 
ttj 1%c K f s i^ jim cjm, 
“ When the boiled rice will sprout, 
When the battle will be fought at Grahvar Tikri, 
Then Bir Kishor will be the king,”— 
which points out, in spite of the popular belief, the improbability 
of a fresh battle for the recovery of the independence of Orisa. 
One of the memorials of the Afghan conquest was the building 
of the cenotaph of ’All Bukhari, the distinguished colleague of 
Kalapahar. It is said that after the battle at Jajpdr he accom¬ 
panied his chief to Katak, where he displayed great valour in the 
siege of Fort Barobati; but when its garrison was about to yield, 
his head was severed by the sword of the enemy. His headless 
trunk, however, gave spur to his horse which carried him straight 
to Jajpdr. Here he prayed and was sanctified, like the king of 
France at the gate of Heaven : 
“ And then he set up such a headless howl, 
That all the saints came out and took him in.” 
’All Bukhari was then buried on the high terrace where his tomb 
still stands, his horse being buried in a separate grave beside 
him. It is also said that his head was interred in Katak, perhaps 
in the tomb which stands under the pipal tree in the centre of the 
Fort—a suggestion to those whom it may concern. The terrace on 
which the tomb stands at Jajpur, formed at one time the steryobate 
of the Muhti Mandapa, or conclave of the learned Pandits, which 
was destroyed by the Muslim conquerors. The three colos¬ 
sal images, which are now preserved in the sub-divisional com¬ 
pound, were originally placed with five similar statues round the 
colonnade of the mandapa. The Muhammadans broke down five and 
made them (so runs the tradition) into balls and shots for their 
guns, and threw three down the platform, where Mr. Sterling saw 
them “ with their heels uppermost, amidst a heap of rubbish.” 
During the Muhammadan and Marhatta periods, Jajpdr was placed 
under an ’ amildar , who was entrusted with the collection of revenue 
and the administration of justice. The Deputy of Nawab Shuja’ud- 
din, Muhammad Taqi Khan, held his court and built a palace at 
