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decade. The district is bounded on the N., N.E. and E. by lofty hills, inhabited by Gonds and other aboriginal tribes, while the W. and N.W. are comparatively open. Small branches of the See also:

SATPURA

Satpura range make their way into the interior of the district. The Ambagarh or Sendurjhari hills, which skirt the See also:

south of the Chandpur pargana, have an See also:

AVERAGE

average height of between 300 and 400 ft. above the level of the See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain. The other elevated tracts are the Balahi hills, the Kanheri hills and the Nawegaon hills. The Wainganga is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal river in the district, and the only stream that does not dry up in the hot See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather,—its affluents within the district being the Bawanthari, Bagh, Kanhan and Chulban. There are 3648 small 'lakes and tanks in Bhandara district, -whence it is called the " See also:

lake region of Nagpur "; they afford ample means of See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation. More than one-third of the district lies under See also:

JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, which yields See also:

GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum, medicinal See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and nuts, 'edible fruits, See also:

lac, See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey and the blossoms of the mahuli See also:

tree (Bassia latifolia), which are eaten by the poorer classes, and used for the manufacture of a See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of spirit.

Tigers, panthers, See also:

deer, See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild hogs and other wild animals abound in the forests, and during the See also:

RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season many deaths occur from snake-bites. See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron is the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

MINERAL

mineral product. See also:

Gold is also found in the See also:

bed of the See also:

SONE

Sone river, See also:

LATERITE (Lat. later, a brick)

Laterite, shale and See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone occur all over the district. Native cloth, brass wares, pot-See also:

stone wares, cartwheels, See also:

STRAW

straw and See also:

reed baskets, and a small quantity of See also:

SILK

silk, See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the only manufactures. The principal crops are See also:

rice, See also:

wheat, See also:

millet, other See also:

food-grains, See also:

PULSE

pulse, See also:

LINSEED

linseed, and a little See also:

SUGAR

sugar-See also:

CANE

cane. The district is traversed by the See also:

main road from Nagpur to the See also:

east, and also by the Bengal-Nagpur railway. It suffered in the See also:

FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine of 1896-1897, and yet more severely in 1900. Bhandara district contains 25 semi-See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent chiefships. These little states are exempted from the See also:

revenue See also:

SYSTEM

system, and only pay a See also:

LIGHT

light See also:

TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute. Their territory, however, is included within the returns of area and population above given. The See also:

CLIMATE

climate of Bhandara is unhealthy,—the prevailing diseases being See also:

FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, small-pox and See also:

CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera. Nothing is known of the See also:

early See also:

HISTORY

history of the district.

Tradition says that at a remote See also:

period a tribe of men, called the Gaulis or Gaulars, overran and conquered it. At the end of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it belonged to the Gond See also:

RAJA

raja of See also:

DEOGARH

Deogarh. In 1743 it was conquered by the See also:

MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas, who governed it till 1853, when it lapsed to the British See also:

government, the raja of Nagpur having died without an See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir.

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