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FALLS OF See also: river in the See also: North See also: Kanara See also: district of Bombay
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The falls are considered the finest in See also: India
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The river descends in four See also: separate cascades called the See also: Raja or Horseshoe, the Roarer, the See also: Rocket and the See also: Dame See also: Blanche
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The cliff over which the river plunges is 83o ft. high, and the See also: pool at the See also: base of the Raja Fall is 132 ft. deep
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The falls are reached by boat from Honavar, or by road from See also: Gersoppa See also: village, 18 m. distant
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Near the village are extensive ruins (the finest of which is a cruciform See also: temple) of Nagarbastikere, the capital of the Jain chiefs of Gersoppa
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Their See also: family was established in power in 1409 by the Vijayanagar See also: kings, but subsequently became practically See also: independent
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The chieftaincy was several times held by See also: women, and on the See also: death of the last See also: queen (1608) it collapsed, having been attacked by the chief of Bednur
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Among the Portuguese the district was celebrated for its See also: pepper, and they called its queen " See also: Regina da pimenta " (queen of pepper)
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