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GANGPUR , a tributary See also: state of See also: Orissa, See also: Bengal, included until 1905 among the See also: Chota See also: Nagpur States
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It is bounded N. by See also: Ranchi See also: district, E. by the Singhbhum district, S. by See also: Sambalpur and See also: Bamra, and W. by See also: Raigarh in the Central Provinces
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The country is for the most See also: part an undulating plain, broken by detached ranges of hills, one of which, the Mahavira range, possesses a very remarkable appearance, springing abruptly from the plain in an irregular See also: wall of tilted and disrupted See also: rock, with two flanking peaks
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The See also: rivers are the Ib and the Brahmani, formed here by the union of the Sankh and the See also: South Koel, both navigable by canoes
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The Ib was formerly famous on account of diamonds found in its See also: bed, and its sands are still washed for gold
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One of the largest coalfields in See also: India extends into the state, and iron ore is also found
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See also: Jungle products—lac, See also: silk cocoons, See also: catechu and resin, which are exported; See also: wild animals—bisons, buffaloes, tigers, leopards, hyenas, wolves, jackals, wild See also: dogs and many sorts of See also: deer
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See also: Area, 2492 sq. m.; pop
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(1901) 238,896; estimated revenue, £16,000
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