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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 452 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GANGPUR , a tributary See also:

state of See also:Orissa, See also:Bengal, included until 1905 among the See also:Chota See also:Nagpur States. It is bounded N. by See also:Ranchi See also:district, E. by the Singhbhum district, S. by See also:Sambalpur and See also:Bamra, and W. by See also:Raigarh in the Central Provinces. The See also:country is for the most See also:part an undulating See also:plain, broken by detached ranges of hills, one of which, the Mahavira range, possesses a very remarkable See also:appearance, springing abruptly from the plain in an irregular See also:wall of tilted and disrupted See also:rock, with two flanking peaks. The See also:rivers are the Ib and the Brahmani, formed here by the See also:union of the Sankh and the See also:South Koel, both navigable by canoes. The Ib was formerly famous on See also:account of diamonds found in its See also:bed, and its sands are still washed for See also:gold. One of the largest coalfields in See also:India extends into the state, and See also:iron ore is also found. See also:Jungle products—lac, See also:silk cocoons, See also:catechu and See also:resin, which are exported; See also:wild animals—bisons, buffaloes, tigers, leopards, hyenas, wolves, jackals, wild See also:dogs and many sorts of See also:deer. See also:Area, 2492 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 238,896; estimated See also:revenue, £16,000.

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