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Ramachandra had his capital in Pratappura, due to which, he was known as Pratappuriya. Pratappura has been identified to be located near Biswanath. The Pratapgarh ruins may have formed the eastern borders of the kingdom as evident from the Uma-tumani island (near Biswanath) stone inscription which mentions the ruler as Pratapuradhikari. Further, it is also known that Ramachandra/Pratapuriya's son Arimatta or Sansanka had his kingdom in present day
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In the year 1941, the political officer of former
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