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HASSAN , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:Mysore, See also:India. The town See also:dates from the 11th See also:century and had in 1901 a See also:population of 8241. The district naturally divides into two portions, the Malnad, or See also:hill See also:country, which includes some of the highest ranges of the Western See also:Ghats, and the See also:Maidan or See also:plain country, sloping towards the See also:south. The Hemavati, which flows into the See also:Cauvery in the extreme south, is the most important See also:river of the district. The upper slopes of the Western Ghats are abundantly clothed with magnificent forests, and See also:wild animals abound. Among the See also:mineral products are See also:kaolin, See also:felspar and See also:quartz. The See also:soil of the valleys is a See also:rich red alluvial See also:loam. The See also:area is 2547 sq. m. Population (19o1), 568,919, showing an increase of I I % in the See also:decade. The district contains some of the most remarkable archaeological monuments in India, such as the See also:colossal Jain See also:image at Sravana Belgola (a monolith S7 ft. high on the See also:summit of a hill) and the See also:great See also:temple at See also:Halebid. See also:Coffee cultivation has been on the increase of See also:late years. The first See also:plantation was opened in 1843, and now there are many coffee estates owned by Europeans and also native holdings.

The exports are large, consisting chiefly of See also:

food-grains and coffee. The imports are See also:European piece-goods, hardware of all sorts and spices. The largest weekly See also:fair is held at See also:Alur. A great See also:annual religious gathering and fair, attended by about 1o,000 persons, takes See also:place every See also:year at Melukot. The See also:Southern Mahratta railway traverses the See also:north-See also:east of the district. The real See also:history of Hassan does not begin until the See also:epoch of the Hoysala See also:dynasty, which lasted from the 11th till the 14th century. Their See also:capital was at Dwarasamundra (Dwaravati-pura), the ruins of which are still to be seen scattered See also:round the See also:village of Halebid. The earlier See also:kings professed the Jain faith, but the finest temples were erected to See also:Siva by the later monarchs of the See also:line. While they were at the See also:zenith of their See also:power the whole of southern India acknowledged their sway.

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