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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 277 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JASHPUR , a tributary See also:

state of See also:India, in the Central Provinces, having been transferred from See also:Bengal in 1905. The See also:country is divided almost equally into high and See also:low lands. The Uparghat See also:plateau on the See also:east rises 2200 ft. above See also:sea-level, and the hills above it reach their highest point in Ranijula (3527 ft.). The only See also:river of importance is the Ib, in the See also:bed of which diamonds are found, while from See also:time immemorial its sands have been washed for See also:gold. Jashpur See also:iron, smelted by the See also:Kols, is highly prized. Jungles of sal forests abound, harbouring See also:elephant, bison and other See also:wild beasts. See also:Jungle products include See also:lac, See also:silk cocoons and beeswax, which are exported. See also:Area 1948 sq. M.; pop. (1901), 132,114; estimated See also:revenue 8000. ' See also:Jashar: fragmenta archetypa carminum Hebraicorum (See also:Berlin, 1854). Cf.

Perownes Remarks on it (Loud. 1855).

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