Place · hill fort & early capital · India
Kodeyagarh, Chirmi
The hill capital from which the Korea country is named: a kod, or fortified structure, upon a garh. The local adage names the touchstone, the khina, the oil and the jan as the four marks of Kodeya.
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Early Modern Age
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.195, 82.384
Worth knowing
Khina was the iron scrap left after a year of ploughing with iron-tipped ploughs, and it was collected as land revenue. The name Kodeya was later written in English as Korea, which is how the district is spelt today.
Connections (1)
- Power passed toKorea Palace, Baikunthpur
The hill fort of Kodeya was the older seat; Baikunthpur became the capital in 1901 and the palace was built there between 1923 and 1941. The district's name descends from the earlier site: Kodeya written in English as Korea.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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