GANGPUR  , a tributary See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• ORISSA

Orissa, See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, included until 1905 among the See also:

• CHOTA (or CHUTIA) NAGPUR

Chota See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur States . It is bounded N. by See also:

• RANCHI

Ranchi See also:

• DISTRICT

district, E. by the Singhbhum district, S. by See also:

• SAMBALPUR

Sambalpur and See also:

• BAMRA

Bamra, and W. by See also:

• RAIGARH

Raigarh in the Central Provinces . 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 is for the most See also:

• PART

part an undulating See also:

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

plain, broken by detached ranges of hills, one of which, the Mahavira range, possesses a very remarkable See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, springing abruptly from the plain in an irregular 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 of tilted and disrupted 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, with two flanking peaks . The See also:

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

rivers are the Ib and the Brahmani, formed here by the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Sankh and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Koel, both navigable by canoes . The Ib was formerly famous on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of diamonds found in its 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, and its sands are still washed for See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold . One of the largest coalfields in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India extends into the state, and See also:

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

iron ore is also found . See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

Jungle products—See also:

• LAC

lac, See also:

• SILK

silk cocoons, See also:

• CATECHU

catechu and See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin, which are exported; See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild animals—bisons, buffaloes, tigers, leopards, hyenas, wolves, jackals, wild See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs and many sorts of See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer . See also:

• AREA

Area, 2492 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 238,896; estimated See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, £16,000 .