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As long as this energetic soldier held the district, it is possible that the hill chiefs acknowledged the imperial sway, and it

appears from some revenue accounts of 1488 A. D. that in that year the Tarai pargana of Rajhat (B^nki) was held by Raja Sangram Sah of Sali^na in the At the same time hills who nominally paid a revenue of Rs. 64,921 for it. Sultanpur Kundri (Jamddn and Malhipur) is recorded as paying Rs. 25,983, and Sujauli (Dharmanpur and Padampur Mahalwara) Rs. 99,413. Dangdtin (Bhinga) was held by a hill raja named Udatt Singh at a jama of Rs. 81,325.

These statements of revenue, however, were probably mere boasts, and it may safely be assumed that such a remote part of the The legitimate inferempire as this paid nothing to the imperial treasury ence from these revenue save what was levied by the troops that subjugated it. statements. The record of the nominal payment, however, serves to prove that these northern parganas were at this time at any rate partly under cultivation. It seems to have been the high belt of country, described in paras. 6 and 7 of the geographical section, and which forms the watershed of the two rivers the Gogra and Rapti, which longest resisted reclamation, where the jungle till within the last eighty years has defied the axe. The low alluvial lands of Jamdan and Malhipur seem to have been under the plough from an early date, and the villages belonging to Qasba Dugaon were doubtless those lying in the fertile basin of the Sarju.

Section IX.—Akbar 1556-1605 A. D. In the time of Akbar, this district, together with a portion of the Tarai, was formed into the administrative division called SarkarBahraioli. " Sarkar Bahraich." The following form shows the area and assessment of the eleven muhals or parganas as assessed by Todar Mai and recorded in the Ain-i-Akbari. The areas recorded are those of cultivation only, and are shown in pakka bighas. The revenue is shown in dams (40 dam = one rupee.) .

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