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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOKAK , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Belgaum See also:district of Bombay, 8 m. from a station on the See also:Southern Mahratta railway. Pop. (1901) 986o. 'It contains old temples with See also:inscriptions, and is known for a See also:special See also:industry of modelled toys. About 4 M. N.W. are the Gokak Falls, where the Ghatprabha throws itself over a precipice 170 ft. high. See also:Close by, the See also:water has been impounded for a large See also:reservoir,which supplies not only See also:irrigation but also See also:motive See also:power for a See also:cotton-See also:mill employing 2000 hands.

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