Birugarh

Birugarh was the seat of the Biru chiefship in the forested country of the Chotanagpur plateau. Kharia traditions remember a kingdom centred here, and the name Biru itself is associated with a Kharia word for mountain. Near the settlement are the remains of the Satdharwa fort, attributed in local memory to Kharia ancestors. The surrounding uplands formed a landscape of villages and local chiefs alongside the larger domains of the Nagvanshi rulers.