CHANDA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and 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 . In 1901 the town had a See also:

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

population of 17,803 . It is situated at the junction of the Virai and Jharpat See also:

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

rivers . It was the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the Gond See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Chanda, which was established on the ruins of a See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in the 11th or 12th See also:

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

century, and survived until 1751 (see See also:

• GONDWANA

GONDWANA) . The town is still surrounded by a 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 See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall 51 M. in See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit . It has several old temples and tombs, and the district at large is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in remains of antiquity . There are manufactures . of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass-See also:

• WARE

ware and See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather slippers, and a considerable See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . The DISTRICT OF CHANDA has an See also:

• AREA

area of 10,156 sq. m . Excepting in the extreme See also:

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

west, hills are thickly dotted over 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, sometimes in detached ranges, occasionally in isolated peaks rising sheer out from the See also:

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

plain . Towards the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east they increase in height, and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a broad tableland, at places 2000 ft. above 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-level . The See also:

• WAINGANGA

Wainganga See also:

• RIVER

river flows through the district 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, See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting the See also:

• WARDHA

Wardha river at See also:

• SEONI

Seoni, where their streams unite to form the Pranhita . Chanda is thickly studded with See also:

• FINE

fine tanks, or rather artificial lakes, formed by closing the outlets of small valleys, or by throwing a See also:

• DAM

dam across tracts intersected by streams .

The broad clear sheets of See also:

• WATER

water thus created are often very picturesque in their surroundings of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood and See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief architectural See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of See also:

• INTEREST

interest are the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave temples at Bhandak, Winjbasani, Dewala and Ghugus; a rock See also:

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

temple in the See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of the Wardha river below Ballalpur; the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient temples at Markandi, Ambgaon and elsewhere; the forts of Wairagarh and Ballalpur; and the old walls of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Chanda, its See also:

• SYSTEM

system of waterworks, and the tombs of the Gond See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings . In 1901 the population was 601,533, showing a decrease of 15% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet, See also:

• PULSE

pulse, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, oil-seeds and cotton . The district contains the coalfield of See also:

• WARORA

Warora, which was worked by See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government till 1906, when it was closed . Other See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields are known, and See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ores also occur . The district suffered severely from See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine 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 to 90,000 .