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btod of men to seize cattle in all countries, knowing that Bhim would declare himself on receiving the news of a raid on cattle no matter in what direction he might be. On the last day of the term of exile these marauders came to Baird,t's dominions and seized some cattle. BhIm declared himself at the moment when the term of his exile had expired. Was joined by his brothers, and drove the cattle off to the tract of land which became in after days pargana Guwdrich, i. e., Gauraksha, or the forth a

cows-preserved.

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reason to doubt this derivation. In the first place had the given to a spot to which cows were brought, surely some particular village, dih, or other place would bear this name. Yet no place of this name exists. The name is solely the name of the pargana. In the next place the name appears only, as far as is known, with the constitution of this separate pargana, which took place long after the year 1000 A.D. (vide infra). The original pargana was Ramgarh Gauriya, and on its being broken up the name Guwarich in the form of a diminutive may have been applied to this part of the original pargana, and have passed into the form of Guwarich. The most probable derivation is, however, traceable in the historical fact that the south of the pargana was throughout the residence of the agents of the Delhi Court at Fyzabad, the pasture land of the large colony of those agents and their retainers, and it continued to be so until the court of the Oudh sovereigns was transferred to Lucknow. is

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Ilistory. In the time of Suhel Deo, Guwarich was included in the pargana of Ramgarh Gauriya in the kingdom of Gauda which comprised Basti, Gorakhpur, and Gonda districts. Suhel Deo opposed Sayyad Salar and the

The family of chief fell in battle with the Hindu raja. Suhel Deo is said to have been bound never to eat after sunset, and so one evening when this monarch returned from the chase at a late hour fearing the sun might set before his meal was prepared, he sent up his younger brother's wife, who was extremely beautiful, to the roof of the palace to detain the setting sun with the charm of her beauty. The sun tarried and the monarch ate his supper, but his refection more than refreshed his highness, and he went up to the house top to enjoy' the beauty but for whose miraculous power he should have gone supperless to bed. The princess was as chaste as fair and rejected the overtures of her naughty relative. The king finding it vain to press his suit, determined to enforce obedience to his wishes and placed the unwilling fair in a dungeon. Tidings of the occurrence reached the princess' father, who came with a force to Sahet Mahet and dug a mine by which he reached the dungeon, rescued The undermined palace is said to his daughter, and conveyed her home. have collapsed and Suhel Deo was overwhelmed in the ruins. He left no The word Sahet Mahet is said, bxit improperly so, to mean successors. topsy turv/ and to have been given to the ruins on account of the fall of the palace.

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From this romantic tale so much truth may be gathered, that Suhel Dec's ancestors had, at one time, professed the Jain faith, traces of which are this is apparent, because it is a practice still found at Sahet Mahet with the pure Jains, not to light lamps after sunset, or at any time for