Orissa: Or The Vicissitudes of an Indian Province under Native and British Rule; in Two Volumes. Being the Second and Third Volumes of The Annals of Rural Bengal

During this period the Lords of Ele phants" ruled in Orissa and the north of Madras ; the Lords of Menn held the country to the southward and produced the hero-king described in the last paragraph ; the Lords of Horses" were the Musalmans who with their all-devouring Pathan cavalry overthrew the two former. [...] Vigilant wherever his master's interest was concerned he respected the feelings of the conquered Hindus ; placed a native prince the first of the present family on the throne ; and by exempting the District sacred to Jagannath from assessment won the hearts of the people to the Imperial cause.' But the conquest had cost the Empire dear. [...] The history of Orissa stands forth as a type of the Muhammadan system of conquest ; and it was not until the interests of the Province were made identical with the interests of the Empire that it became a constituent part of the Mughul Power. [...] From i 592 the Imperial Commissions" appointing a Governor of the Lower Provinces include Bengal Behar and Orissa.' The Hindu element rmained loyal amid the perfidy of the Afghans ; and the head of the native Orissa dynasty along with several of his family still stand in the roll of the grandees of the Delhi Court.. [...] During the three years' war which followed the base of operations of the Imperial armies was Dacca in the network of the Gangetic rivers ; that of the rebel troops was Orissa the delta of the Mahanadi.