JASHPUR  , a tributary

state of India, in the Central Provinces, having been transferred from Bengal in 1905 . The country is divided almost equally into high and low lands . The Uparghat plateau on the east rises 2200 ft. above sea-level, and the hills above it reach their highest point in Ranijula (3527 ft.) . The only river of importance is the Ib, in the bed of which diamonds are found, while from time immemorial its sands have been washed for gold . Jashpur iron, smelted by the Kols, is highly prized . Jungles of sal forests abound, harbouring elephant, bison and other wild beasts . Jungle products include lac, silk cocoons and beeswax, which are exported . Area 1948 sq . M.; pop . (1901), 132,114; estimated revenue 8000 . ' Jashar: fragmenta archetypa carminum Hebraicorum (Berlin, 1854) . Cf .

Perownes Remarks on it (Loud . 1855) .