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Report OF THE District of Jessore. BY J. WESTLAND ESQ. C. S. 1874. History of Raja Pratapaditya— Origin of the name Žessore.—A. D. 1580. An account of Jessore would not be complete without reference to king Pratapaditya, though as the ruins of his buildings are now within the 24 pergunnahs. * I have not been able to visit them or to collect the traditions which hang about them, I note therefore only that which seems to be historical about Pratapaditya, and my information has been obtained in part by the aid of Babu Pratapchundra Ghosh, who wrote a paper about this raja in the Asiatic Society's Proceedings of December 1868. 2. Rajah Vikramaditya was one of the chief minister of the court of Gaur during the time of King Daud, the last sovereign of Bengal, and also during one or two of the previous reigns. When Daud made rebellion against the emperor of Delhi, about 1573-74, Raja Vikramaditya, a prudent counsellor was utterly opposed to the step, and knowing that ruin would shortly follow, • এক্ষণে তাহ খুলনা জেলার অন্তর্গত,