FALLS OF See also:

• FALLS OF GERSOPPA

GERSOPPA  , a See also:

• CATARACT (from the Lat. form cataracta of the Gr. Karapplucrgss, a floodgate, or waterfall, properly something which rushes down)

cataract on the Sharavati See also:

• RIVER

river in the See also:

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

North See also:

• KANARA, or CANARA

Kanara See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Bombay . The falls are considered the finest in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . The river descends in four See also:

• SEPARATE

separate cascades called the See also:

• RAJA

Raja or Horseshoe, the Roarer, the See also:

• ROCKET

Rocket and the See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

Blanche . The cliff over which the river plunges is 83o ft. high, and the See also:

• POOL

pool at the See also:

• BASE

base of the Raja Fall is 132 ft. deep . The falls are reached by See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat from Honavar, or by road from See also:

• GERSOPPA, FALLS OF

Gersoppa See also:

• VILLAGE

village, 18 m. distant . Near the village are extensive ruins (the finest of which is a cruciform See also:

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

temple) of Nagarbastikere, the See also:

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

capital of the Jain chiefs of Gersoppa . Their See also:

• FAMILY

family was established in See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 1409 by the See also:

• VIJAYANAGAR, or BIJANAGAR (" the city of victory ")

Vijayanagar See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, but subsequently became practically See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent . The chieftaincy was several times held by See also:

• WOMEN

women, and on the See also:

• DEATH

death of the last See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen (1608) it collapsed, having been attacked by the See also:

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

chief of Bednur . Among the Portuguese the district was celebrated for its See also:

• PEPPER
• PEPPER, WILLIAM (1843–1898)

pepper, and they called its queen " See also:

• REGINA

Regina da pimenta " (queen of pepper) .