BASTAR  , a feudatory

state of British India, in the Chattisgarh division of the Central Provinces; area, 13,062 sq. m . Ia 1901 the population was 306,50,, showing a decrease of 1% compared with an apparent increase of 58% in the preceding decade . Estimated revenue £22,000; tribute £1100 . The eastern part of Bastar is a flat elevated plateau, from x800 to 2000 ft. above the level of the sea, the centre and N.W. portions are very mountainous, and the southern parts consist of hills and plains . On the plateau there are but few hills; the streams run slowly and the country is a mixture of plain and undulating ground covered by dense sal forests . Principal mountains of the district: (x) a lofty range which separates it from the Sironcha district; (2) a range of equal height called the Bela Dila lying in the centre of the district; (3) a range running N. and S. near Narayanpur; (4) Tangri Dongri range, running E. and W.; (5) Tulsi Dongri, bordering on the Sabari river and the Jaipur state . There is also a small range running from the river Indravati to the Godavari . The Indravati, the Sabari and the Tal or Talper, are the chief rivers of the district; all of them affiuents of the Godavari .