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CHANDA , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Nagpur See also:division of the Central Provinces. In 1901 the town had a See also:population of 17,803. It is situated at the junction of the Virai and Jharpat See also:rivers. It was the See also:capital of the Gond See also:kingdom of Chanda, which was established on the ruins of a See also:Hindu See also:state in the 11th or 12th See also:century, and survived until 1751 (see See also:GONDWANA). The town is still surrounded by a See also:stone See also:wall 51 M. in See also:circuit. It has several old temples and tombs, and the district at large is See also:rich in remains of antiquity. There are manufactures . of See also:cotton, See also:silk, See also:brass-See also:ware and See also:leather slippers, and a considerable See also:local See also:trade. The DISTRICT OF CHANDA has an See also:area of 10,156 sq. m. Excepting in the extreme See also:west, hills are thickly dotted over the See also:country, sometimes in detached ranges, occasionally in isolated peaks rising sheer out from the See also:plain. Towards the See also:east they increase in height, and See also:form a broad tableland, at places 2000 ft. above See also:sea-level. The See also:Wainganga See also:river flows through the district from See also:north to See also:south, See also:meeting the See also:Wardha river at See also:Seoni, where their streams unite to form the Pranhita. Chanda is thickly studded with See also:fine tanks, or rather artificial lakes, formed by closing the outlets of small valleys, or by throwing a See also:dam across tracts intersected by streams.

The broad clear sheets of See also:

water thus created are often very picturesque in their surroundings of See also:wood and See also:rock. The See also:chief architectural See also:objects of See also:interest are the See also:cave temples at Bhandak, Winjbasani, Dewala and Ghugus; a rock See also:temple in the See also:bed of the Wardha river below Ballalpur; the See also:ancient temples at Markandi, Ambgaon and elsewhere; the forts of Wairagarh and Ballalpur; and the old walls of the See also:city of Chanda, its See also:system of waterworks, and the tombs of the Gond See also:kings. In 1901 the population was 601,533, showing a decrease of 15% in the See also:decade. The See also:principal crops are See also:rice, See also:millet, See also:pulse, See also:wheat, oil-seeds and cotton. The district contains the coalfield of See also:Warora, which was worked by See also:government till 1906, when it was closed. Other See also:fields are known, and See also:iron ores also occur. The district suffered severely from See also:famine in 1900, when in See also:April the number of persons relieved See also:rose to 90,000.

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