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a mahal without the addition of Haveli. It could only have acquired 
this title after the Rajas had moved their residence to that place from 
Bhawara, an event which did not happen till 1762. 
Although, however, there is not, and probably never was, a mahal 
called Tirhut, there is a very large parganah named Tirsatli which 
occupies the centre of western Tirhut, just as Darbhanga does that of 
eastern. It seems more than probable that Todar Mai or his informant 
was misled by the similarity between the two words and wrote 
The point is, however, an obscure one. 
53. Sareslita not found. Possibly a copyist’s error, by which mahal 
Suresa of Sarkar Hajipur has been repeated. Or it may be that a por¬ 
tion of that mahal was included in Sarkar Tirhut. There is a large 
tract of country opposite to Suresa on the Tirhut side of the Burli Gan- 
dak unaccounted for. It now bears the name of Kasmi, but this name 
does not occur in the Ain. 
55. Salimabad. This very small mahal containing only one village 
is included in parganah Havi. 
56. Sanjauli Tadra, not found. 
58. Fakirabad, this is now written Fakhrabad 
61. Koda Khand. There is no parganah of this name, but I suspect 
that parganah Kab Khand is meant. The tract included in this par¬ 
ganah is surrounded on all sides by mahals of the Ain and it must there¬ 
fore have been inhabited and assessed. The origin of the name is un- 
known to me, but if Kab — Kavi ‘ poet ’ it may have been equally cor¬ 
rectly written Kav which would account for a spelling tjj? changed 
by a copyist’s error into hy. 
62. Koradi, an unmeasured mahal and probably not actually in 
the possession of the Muhammadans as it lies far to the north reaching to 
the base of the Himalayas and is now in Nepalese territory. I have 
merely underlined the name in the map as in the case of Pundag and 
other outlying regions in Sarkar Bihar. The ancient city of Janakpur, 
the capital of Mithila, is in this parganah. 
70. Noram. There is no mahal of this name. It is evidently a 
copyist’s error for Loanw ( pjp for ply) and being equi¬ 
valent. The origin of the name is not known to me, but it seems to 
point back to Lokagrama, Lohagrama or some such name. If it were 
not almost too far to the east to come within the area of the Rama and 
Sita legend I should think of Lavagrama from the name of Ram’s son. 
