History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c19.10

v1.c19.10

"When returning home Jai Singh conquered Raja Mayuradhwaja, then holding the *gadi* of Bamanghati. In the vernacular almanac written annually in the Mayurbhanj State, this Bamanghati is regarded ever since that period as the original place of residence of the Raj family, and the State is called after Mayuradhwaja. In every State-seal the design of a peacock was introduced as a family distinction. According to family tradition, the limits of the State of Mayurbhanj from the year 1538 A. D. up to the year 1831 extended to Bhanjbhum and Khelor *parganas* in the north; to the Balasore district in the east; to the Nilgiri State in the south-east; to the Baitarani river in the south, and Porahat and Dhalbhum Raj in the west."¹