See also:

• BALAGHAT (i.e. " above the ghats or passes," the highlands)

BALAGHAT (i.e. " above the See also:

• GHATS, or GHAUTS (literally " the Landing Stairs " from the sea, or " Passes ")

ghats or passes," the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands)  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India in the See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Central Provinces . The administrative headquarters are at the See also:

• TOWN

town of Burha . The district contains an See also:

• AREA

area of 3132 sq. m . It forms the eastern portion of the central See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau which divides the 'T . Steuernagel, Einwanderung der israelitischen Stamm (1901) . See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province from See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east to See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . These See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands, formerly known as the See also:

• RAIGARH

Raigarh Bichhia See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract, remained desolate and neglected until 1866, when the district of See also:

• BALAGHAT (i.e. " above the ghats or passes," the highlands)

Balaghat was formed, and the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country opened to the industrious and enterprising peasantry of the See also:

• WAINGANGA

Wainganga valley . Geographically the district is divided into three distinct parts :'-(i) The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern lowlands, a slightly undulating See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, comparatively well cultivated and drained by the Wainganga, Bagh, Deo, Ghisri and Son See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers . (2) The See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long narrow valley known as the Mau Taluka, lying between the hills and the Wainganga See also:

• RIVER

river, and comprising a long, narrow, irregular-shaped See also:

• LOWLAND

lowland tract, intersected by 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 ranges and peaks covered with dense See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, and See also:

• RUNNING

running generally from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south . (3) The lofty plateau, inwhich is situated the Raigarh Bichhia tract, comprising irregular ranges of hills, broken into numerous valleys, and generally running from east to west . The highest points in the hills of the district are as follows:—Peaks above Lanji, 2300 or 2500 feet; Tepagarh hill,, about 2600 ft . ; and Bhainsaghat range, about 3000 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea .

The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal rivers in the district are the Wainganga, and its tributaries, the Bagh, Nahra and Uskal ; a few smaller streams, such as the Masmar, the Mahkara, &c: ; and the Banjar, Halon and Jamunia, tributaries of the See also:

• NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda, which drain a portion of the upper plateau . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the upper See also:

• PART

part of the district was an impenetrable See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste . About that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time one Lachhman See also:

• NAIK, or NAYAK

Naik established the first villages on the Paraswara plateau . But ' a handsome Buddhist See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of cut See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, belonging to some remote See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, is suggestive of a See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization which had disappeared before historic times . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool was 326,521, showing a decrease of 15% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, due to the effects of See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine . A large part of the area is still covered with See also:

• FOREST

forest, the most valuable See also:

• TIMBER

timber-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree being sal . There are few See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good roads . The Gondia-See also:

• JUBBULPORE, or JABALPUR

Jubbulpore See also:

• LINE

line of the See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal-Nagpur railway traverses the Wainganga valley in the west of the district . The district suffered very severely from the famine of 1896-1897 . It suffered again in 1900, when in See also:

• APRIL

April the number of persons relieved See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose above See also:

• IOO

ioo,000 .