The Imperial Gazetteer of India Birbhum to Cocanada

It is bounded on the north-west by the Santal Parganas ; on the east by the Districts of Murshidabad and Bardwan ; and on the south by Bardwan District the Ajai river forming the boundary line for the whole distance. [...] The ordinary dress of the meis consists of a waistcloth (dhufi) the quality of which differs according to the circustances of the wearer. [...] Among other places of interest in Birbhtim are—GANUTIA on the north bank of the Mor the centre of the important silk industry of the District ; ILABAZAR and DUBRAJPUR considerable trading villages; SURUL now a village of no importance but once a large and flourishing town where the greater part of the Company's District trade was centred; KENDULI the birthplace of the poet Jayadeva in who [...] Manufactures : Silk.—The principal manufacture of Birbhtim is silk which is produced in the eastern part of the District ; the village of Ganutia on the north bank of the Mor being the head-quarters of the industry. [...] In the last century the Raja of Bishnupur figures in the Company's records as one of the most important of the Hindu nobility of Bengal.