HOSHANGABAD  , 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:

• NERBUDDA, or NARBADA

Nerbudda See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the Central Provinces . The town stands on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the Nerbudda, 1oo9 ft. above the 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, and has a railway station . Pop . (19o1), 14,940 . It is supposed to have been founded by Hoshang Shah, the second of the Ghori See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of Dialwa, in the 15th See also:

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

century; but it remained an in-significant See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place till the See also:

• BHOPAL

Bhopal See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest about 1720, when a massive 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 fort was constructed, with its See also:

• BASE

base on the See also:

• RIVER

river, commanding the Bhopal road . It sustained several sieges during the 18th century, and passed alternately into the hands of the Bhopal and See also:

• NAGPUR

Nagpur rulers . Since 1518 it has been the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

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

chief British officials in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the district . It has a 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 high school, and agricultural school and a See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass-working See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . The DISTRICT OF HOSHANGABAD has an See also:

• AREA

area of 3676 sq. m . Pop . (1901), 449,165, showing a decrease of 10% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, due to See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine . It may be described as a valley of varying breadth, extending for 150 M. between the Nerbudda river and the See also:

• SATPURA

Satpura mountains .

The See also:

• SOIL

soil consists chiefly of See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black basaltic See also:

• ALLUVIUM

alluvium, often more than 20 ft. deep; but along the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Nerbudda the fertility of the See also:

• LAND

land compensates for the tameness of the scenery . Towards the See also:

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

west, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low stony hills and broken ridges cut up the level ground, while the Vindhyas and the Satpuras throw out jutting spurs and ranges . In this wilder 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 considerable regions are covered with See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle . On the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south the lofty range which shuts in the valley is remarkable in See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain scenery, surpassing in its picturesque irregularity the Vindhyan See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain in the See also:

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

north . Many streams take their rise amid its precipices, then, winding through deep glens, flow across the See also:

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

plain between sandy banks covered with low jungle till they swell the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of the Nerbudda . None is of any importance except the Tawa, which is interesting to the geologist on See also:

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

account of the many minerals to be found along its course . The boundary See also:

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

rivers, the Nerbudda and See also:

• TAPTI

Tapti, are the only considerable waters in Hoshangabad . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, millets and oil-seeds . The district is traversed through-out its length by the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula railway .