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by the river Mahanadi into the town of Cuttack
from Bodh. The best Gurjat ganja in all the
Tributary States grows in Bodh, Khandpara, and
Athgarh.
I.—Keonjhar. Kusaleswarhat.—A fair is annually
held here in which Gurjat ganja is sold. The fair
lasts for three months. Ganja is brought from
villages higher up the Mogulbandi frontier, and
sold in the prohibited area.
II.—Dhenkanal.—Fakira or Konkra, Naunai,
Ramsunda, Kamorsali, Salogari, Balisari, Brinda-
banpur, Netka, Chandia, Pingwa, Chitalpur,
Halidih, Saidpur, and Kasipur are all ganja pro¬
ducing villages, in which ganja is also sold. In¬
formation was received that such was the case in
most of the villages in the prohibited area. Ganja
is brought from other Dhenkanal villages to
Kabatband (surrounded on all sides by Mogul¬
bandi lands).
III.—Athgarh.—Ganja is cultivated and sold
in villages Gobra, Gonsai Sason, and Kanthapur,
which are close to Gobra; Gurudajhati, Naogaon
near Gurudajhati, Megha, and Patherchakra.
Information was also received that in some other
villages close to the frontier bordering on Banki,
ganja was cultivated and sold.
IV.—Tigharia.—Ganja was found to have been
cultivated in almost all the villages in Tigharia.
V.—Baramba. —Ganja, is cultivated in almost
all the villages in Baramba, and where it is easily
available for purchase. The information was veri¬
fied by local enquiries in villages Diniari, Satpuri
(or Satkudia), Chandimangal, Gopinathpur, Toan-
pur, Mogagahiri, Telonia, Noranpur, and Bangur
Singa.
VI.—Khandapara.—Ganja is cultivated in al¬
most all the villages in the Khandapara State
Ganja is cultivated in Fatiagarh and other villages
within three miles of the frontier.
Ganja in Hill Tippera.—Ganja is regularly cul¬
tivated in the territories of the Maharaja of Hill
Tippera. Low caste up-country men, who have set¬
tled on the borders as well as a few Muhammadan
fakirs and Hindu bairagis, travel into Hill Tippera
and there consume ganja. There is reason to
believe that they bring ganja into the British terri¬
tory for personal consumption. Several cases of
smuggling of foreign ganja of an inferior quality
have been detected since 1883-84, but it seems
that they do not smuggle it for trade. Occasion¬
ally sale of a small quantity of ganja by hill men
to residents in British territory takes place at Sona-
mura, Udaipur, and other places. As the largest
revenue of the Tippera District is derived from
ganja, the cultivation of ganja within three miles
of the British territory should be put a stop to.
Ganja alone contributes more than one-half of
the entire revenue. In ganja the revenue has
increased from R29,354 in 1874-75 to R48,817
in 1892-93, while during the same period consump¬
tion has fallen off from 251 maunds to 100 maunds
6 seers 4 chittacks. The decrease in the consump¬
tion is partly due to greater use of the foreign
ganja and to the weak detective staff, who show
very little activity in detecting cases of this nature.
SOME POPULAR SONGS OF THE
GANJA SMOKERS:—
I.
Accept the offering O Dhaja Dhari! (Hanu-
manji, the monkey god), the ganja is ready.
Accept it O lord of Braja (Krishna), lord of the
universe (Siva), lord of the Nepal mountains
(Siva-Poreshnath of Nepal), mother Kali (god¬
dess Kali), beloved of Siva ! Those who select
it for smoking do a righteous act. The cluster of
flowers of the ganja plant is nothing but the
cluster of hair of the god Mahadeb. Smoke it
again and again, and live for ever.
II.
Hari ! (the name of Bishnu, who is one of the
Hindu Trinity), how shall I describe to you the
virtues of ganja ? By a few pulls at the ganja
chillum my soul becomes very cheerful, and I feel
as if I were going to London in a steamer. But
(suddenly) the rail carriage breaks, and I drop
from the balloon that has burst. Bravo ! the engine
bursts by reason of the vigour of the pulls.
III.
Hail to thee, O frank Sada Siva! (Mahadeb).
Protect the creatures of the Kali Yuga (the
iron age).
The soul is within and the creature without.
Three cuts and eighteen presses make the ganja
fit for smoking.
Come, O ganja ! let me smoke thee. May the
mouth of those who condemn thee be filled with
ashes !. I smoke ganja by bundles, and puff out
smoke like the ebb and flow of rivers. Money
and land are for those who smoke ganja, and
wretchedness is the share of those who look at
the smoking. Pull upon pull, and off runs the
wicked Pluto breaking through the hedge.
One chillum makes the smoker little better
than before, two chillums refresh him, three
chillums make him a vazir or nazir, and four
chillums make him a king. Pull upon pull, and
off runs the wicked Pluto breaking through the
hedge.
IV.
Why did they call me a ganja smoker with¬
out knowing the virtues of ganja? Every leaf of
ganja is full of sweet juice. If I do not smoke I
die, and if I smoke I earn a bad name. The
ganja flower floats on the water, and a ganja
smoker is strong enough to draw a ship. Another
ganja smoker starts up and cries out " Drag the
ship to the shore!" Why did they call me a ganja
smoker without knowing the virtue of ganja ? In
the lotus of my heart Sambu Nath (Mahadeva)
himself is present. There also behold Siddeswari
(goddess Kali), the beloved of the vagabond god
and the Madhub of Dhamari, in his car. You
have here a strange spectacle on earth. The
vigour of the pull is such as to be able to make an
engine burst, and my soul is intoxicated with joy.
Why did they call me a ganja smoker without
knowing the virtues of ganja ?
V.
It is not without reason that I wish to smoke
ganja. I cry out "Bobom Bom!" and smoke
vigorously. I feel as if I were going in a smoke-
emitting train to Benares. Such is the power of
ganja that I kill many a vazir and nazir (build
air castles), and for five cowries buy an elephant
worth a lakh of rupees. To some I give thirty
thousand as soon as they ask me for money.
There is no defect in any part.
VI.
Hail to thee, Kali and Sada Siva! Protect the
creatures of the Kali Juga. The soul is without
and the creature within. The God Kartik and
Manai Pir (a Muhammadan saint much honoured