History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c37.92

v2.c37.92

III. The Rājā of Al or Aul possessed only one qila’, and one zamindary. Stirling remarks against the list of dependent Hindu sardars that Kanika, Rynta, Kujang, Kokilo Dip, Harishpur, Marichpur, Bishanpur, Jamkarera (Jhankar ?), Chedra and Darpan are now tributary estates. The Rājā of Al has lost all control over them. It should be noted that Rynta is probably the same as Ryntoo, the chief of which, Purushottama Bhañja, was the contemporary of Divyasimha I (1692-1719).¹