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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
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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
