District Census Handbook, Papum Pare, Part XII-A & B, Series-13
CENSUS OF INDIA 2001 SERIES-13 ARUNACHAL PRADESH DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK 'Part, - A & B PAPUM PARE DISTRICT VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY {>- VILLAGE AND TOWNWISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT N.K. 'Laskar Arunachal Pradesh Civil Service Director of Census Operations, Arunachal Pradesh .... \ -. ,...... \ . .If « r;:l< '. \. .. ....... ' \. if). .~ \, z '" , , <t b @"\ ~ , z ~ \ ::l: " '")... ~ .~ .;: .. V) , , ..,OJ "\') . z" " " ._.;n , , " "\ I o " " ( z ", « @', ..., \ I ~ ~J a I _J \ (.!) I .",0, « ~4 .I Z I ( ro ~ W .~' I ::l: I Z ~ I [/J \ I /', I " ;, Q- , .-.,.. ..... \ , .\,: ""'/ J " .. DIS r Q >. OJ : RIC T >.. j @ E A S rt ::l i 00. i ,. 1l... i ® @ ~ i {t _,I" z 0 I- () C .... Vl 0 , 0 " Q: N ,::> I .I z .... « m \ . Vl m .... .J... w , (!) , z , < ."" I , (.) ., Motif Itafort Itafort, a defence fortification built with bricks and stone masqnary covering an area of one Sq.Km. is associated with a local King Ramchandra of Mayapur. The period of the remains considering all accounts of source can be placed for 14th- 15th century A.D. The State capital Itanagar is named after this brick fort of ancient capital of the hoary past. The fort in ruins is a testimony to a historic struggle against the odds, put up by the people in 'North-eastern India. The fort has two ramparts i.e. the western and eastern. The western rampart runs for almost one and half Kms. in length, and has two gates in it, the Southern Gate and Western Gate. The eastern rampart is a little more than half a Km. long and has only one entrance in it, the Eastern Gate.
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