Bonaigarh

Bonaigarh, or Bonai, lies amid thick forests in the hills of northern Odisha. It was the capital of the small Bonai state, one of the fortified domains that occupied the country between the Brahmani valley and the Chotanagpur uplands. The forested ridges and river valleys set Bonai apart from the coastal plain, while neighbouring Gangpur and Keonjhar formed part of the same landscape of local chiefships and states.