The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c7.132

c7.132

To watch the southwestern frontier towards Orissa he established a military outpost at Lakhanor, identified with Nagar in Birbhum district, on the route connecting Orissa with Bihar¹. On the northeast he established a similar station at Deokot (Devkot), modern Damdama, near Gangarampur in Dinajpur district. The area, contained within these points, thus comprised parts of Maldah, Dinajpur, Murshidabad and Birbhum districts, on the two sides of the Ganges called, as noticed by Minhaj, Rarh and Varendri (Rar and Barind), with the western border running along the Tista-Karatoya basin, the former then flowing in a more westerly channel than at present².