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B ARAB ATI FORT—BARA DEHI.

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lies

a small recess, enclosed on two sides by the mountain,

by an

artificial barrier

on a third and on the fourth by a long low ridge the solid rock, have been cut the remarkable

of stone,

Here, in

of granite.

name

caves which give the

of Sdtghar

(literally

‘

Seven Houses

The

32

by 14 feet; three of them are chiselled to a wonderful

feet

four caves found in this part of the mountain average

the fourth being

still

was cut

b.c.,

in

to the

’)

glen.

252

unfinished.

and the

214

latest in

caves are on another spur of the

show

Pali inscriptions

hill,

b.c.

polish,

that the oldest

The remaining Not

called Nagarjuni.

three

far off is

the sacred spring of Patalganga, and at the base of the rugged peak of

Kanwadol {^Crow's

Many

Rocking-stone')

is

an enormous figure of Buddha.

other figures and sculptures are found

have been

fully

among

these

They

hills.

described by Dr. Buchanan Hamilton and General

Cunningham. In the Bengal Atlas of Major Rennel, this cluster is Currumshaw Hills. Dr. Buchanan Hamilton points out that this name is a corruption of Kar?id Champar, or Kama’s Seat,’ the name of an ancient ruin on the hills. Barabati Fort. The citadel of Cuttack town, in Cuttack District, Bengal; situated on the south bank of the Mahanadf river opposite called the

‘

—

Lat. 20° 29' N., long. 85° 56'

Cuttack.

was

time

it

The

original building

built,

but

it

e.

It is

known

not

at

what

probably dates not later than the 14th century.

is

said to have been of

Hindu

origin,

but the

Muhammadan

or Maratha governors of Orissa, in 1750, added a round bastion, and constructed an arched gateway in the eastern face of the fort.

This gateway, and a mosque called

after

Fateh

almost the only portions of the citadel which remain

Khan Rahim, are much of the

intact,

stone in the fort having been used by the officers of the Public

Works

Department for Government buildings. An unsightly series of earthen mounds, and a wilderness of stone pits, now mark the place where the fortress stood. It had double walls, built of stone, the inner of which enclosed a rectangular area measuring 2150 by 1800 feet. The eastern gateway was flanked by two lofty square towers, and from the centre of Altogether the fort rose a huge square bastion supporting a flagstaff. the appearance of the edifice was very imposing, and presented to the

M. some resemblance imagination of

la Motte,

who

travelled through

Orissa in 1767,

Windsor Castle. The fort was captured by the English in 1803, in their campaign against the IMarathas. Barachati. Village and head-quarters of a police circle {thdnd) on the Grand Trunk Road, 20 miles south of Gaya, in Gaya District, to

—

Bengal.

Lat.

of 18 men.

and

tigers

24° 30' 10" n., long. 85°

3'

10"

e.

Has a

local police

There used to be good shooting of all kinds near here, There is a ddk are still met with in the neighbourhood.

bungalow.

Bara Dehi.

— The highest of the four chief peaks of the Assia range