History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c37.82
History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c37.82
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The *Sarkār* contained the most important part of Central Orissa, Al, also spelt Aul or Āli, which was the Zamindari given by Mān Singh to Telinga Rāmachandra, a son of the last Gajapati Mukunda-Harichandana. Barang is now a station on the Bengal Nagpur Railway. Parsottam is Purushottama or Puri. Abu’l Fazl’s list includes Kotdesh, which was one of the great Zamindaries of Orissa and which fell during Maratha government to one Trilochan Patnaik. The mention in the *’Ain-i-Akbarī* proves that the Kotdesh Mahal is an old Zamindari usurped by the Patnaik during Maratha rule, as originally he was a *gumashta* under the *Faujdar* of Pipli.¹ Abu’l Fazl mentions three Hindu divisions the boundaries of which cannot be recognised now: Pachchhan Dikh, Dakhan Dikh along with Purab Dikh :—