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See also:NERBUDDA, or NARBADA , a See also:river of See also:India. It is traditionally regarded as the boundary between Hindustan proper and the See also:Deccan. It rises on the See also:summit of Amarkantak See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill in See also:Rewa See also:state, and for the first 200 M. of its course winds among the Mardla hills, which See also:form the See also:head of the See also:Satpura range; then at See also:Jubbulpore, passing through the " See also:Marble Rocks," it enters its proper valley between the Vindhyan and Satpura ranges, and pursues a See also:direct See also:westerly course to the Gulf of See also:Cambay. Its See also:total course through the Central Provinces and See also:Gujarat amounts to about 800 m., and it falls into the See also:sea in the Bombay See also:district of See also:Broach. It receives the drainage of the See also:northern slopes of the Satpuras, but not that of the Vindhyan tableland, the streams from which flow into the See also:Ganges and See also:Jumna. After leaving the Central Provinces, the river widens out in the fertile district of Broach, with an See also:average breadth of 1 m. to 1 m. Below Broach See also:city it forms an See also:estuary which is 13 M. broad where it enters the Gulf of Cambay. The Nerbudda is nowhere utilized for See also:irrigation, and See also:navigation is confined to the See also:lower See also:section. In the See also:rainy See also:season boats of considerable See also:size See also:sail about 6o m. above Broach city. Sea-going vessels of about 70 tons frequent the See also:port of Broach, but they are entirely dependent on the See also:tide. In sanctity the Nerbudda ranks only second to the Ganges among the See also:rivers of India, and along its whole course are See also:special places of See also:pilgrimage. The most meritorious See also:act that a See also:pilgrim can perform is to walk from the sea to the source of the river and back along the opposite See also:bank. This pilgrimage takes from one to two years to accomplish.
The Nerbudda has given its name to a See also:division of the Central Provinces, comprising the five districts of See also:Narsinghpur, See also:Hoshangabad, See also:Nimar, See also:Betul and See also:Chhindwara. See also:Area, 18,382 sq. m.;
pop. (1901) 1785,008.
End of Article: NERBUDDA, or NARBADA
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