222 J. Beames —On the Geography of India in the Reign of Ahhar. [No. 2, 
an extant parganali. It is no argument against this that to read Rihla- 
parah would disturb the alphabetical order in which the mahals are 
given ; for I have found a considerable number of such errors in other 
Subah lists in the Ain. 
18. Mandlah cannot be traced. 
The remaining mahals of this Sarkar are still extant. 
Sarkar Gorakhpur thus stretches from the Gandak to the Ghogra, 
and includes the modern Districts of Gorakhpur and Basti in the W. 
Provinces and the greater part of Gonda in Audh. The western bound¬ 
ary where it marches with Sarkar Bahraich is however extremely in¬ 
definite, and the same may be said of the northern boundary. Even in 
the present day a very large portion of this tract is covered by dense 
forests, and this must have been the case to a much greater extent in the 
sixteenth century. The very small areas given for parganahs which 
stretch for scores and scores of miles prove this, and historical proofs are 
not wanting to confirm the impression. Consequently the boundaries 
of the different mahals in the north of this Sarkar cannot be restored 
with any approach to accuracy, and I have therefore not attempted to lay 
them down on the map ; this omission is less to be regretted when it is 
considered that there were certainly no definite boundaries in Todar 
Mai’s time. There were clearings in the forest here and there, which 
were loosely grouped together under some local name taken from the 
residence of the Hindu chief or Afghan adventurer who was powerful in 
those parts. The dominions (if we may use the term) of these chiefs 
varied constantly as mahals or towns were taken and retaken by con¬ 
tending forces in the petty wars and raids that were constantly going on. 
III. Sarka'r Bahraich. 
11 Mahals. Area 18,23,235&. 8&. 2,41,20,525c?. 466,4825. Castes 
various. 1170 horse, 14,000 foot. 
1. Bahraich ba haveli. Port of burnt brick on the banks of the 
river Sarau. 697,2315.9,139,141(^.402,1115. Rajputs. 
600 horse 4,500 foot. 
2. Bahrah. 9265. 37,135(5. Kahnah. 500 foot. 
3. Husampur. Fort of burnt brick. 157,4155. 3,707,035(5. 1,6015. 
Raikwars, Bhales and a sept of Bisens. 70 horse, 
900 foot. 
4. Dankcion. 84,4365. 440,562(5. Janwars. 2,000 foot. 
5. Rajhat. 4,0645. 115. 166,780(5. Janwars. 1000 foot. 
6. Sanjhauli. 124,8105. 877,007(5. Janwar Rajputs. 
7. Sultanpur. 58,1465. 166,001. Janwars. 7U0 foot. 
