KADUR  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• MYSORE

Mysore See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, in See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, with an See also:

• AREA

area of 2813 sq. m . Pop . (1901), 362,752, showing an increase of 9% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The larger portion of the district consists of the Malnad or See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill 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, which contains some of the wildest 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 in southern India . The western frontier is formed by the See also:

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

chain of the See also:

• GHATS, or GHAUTS (literally " the Landing Stairs " from the sea, or " Passes ")

Ghats, of which the highest peaks are the Kudremukh (6215 ft.) and the Meruti Gudda (5451 ft.) . The centre is occupied by the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse-See also:

• SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe range of the Baba Budans, containing the loftiest mountain in Mysore, Mulaingiri (6317 ft.) . The See also:

• MAIDAN

Maidan or See also:

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

plain country lying beneath the See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre formed by the Baba Budan hills is a most fertile region, well watered, and with the famous " See also:

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

black See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• SOIL

soil." The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal 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 Tunga and Bhadra, which rise near each other in the Ghats, and unite to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the See also:

• TUNGABHADRA

Tungabhadra, a tributary of the See also:

• KISTNA (or KRISHNA)
• KISTNA, or KRISHNA

Kistna . The eastern region is watered by the Vedavati . At the point where this See also:

• RIVER

river leaves the Baba Budan hills it is embanked to form two extensive tanks which irrigate the See also:

• LOWER

lower valley . From all the rivers See also:

• WATER

water is See also:

• DRAWN

drawn off into See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation channels by means of anicuts or weirs . The See also:

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

chief natural See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of Kadur is in its forests, which contain inexhaustible supplies of the finest See also:

• TIMBER

timber, especially See also:

• TEAK

teak, and also furnish shelter for the See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee plantations . See also:

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

Iron is found and smelted at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the hills, and See also:

• CORUNDUM

corundum exists in certain localities .

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• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild beasts and See also:

• GAME

game are numerous, and See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish are abundant . The largest See also:

• TOWN

town is Tarikere (pop . 10,164); the headquarters are at Chikmagalur (9515) . The See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop is See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, chiefly grown on the hill slopes, where the natural rainfall is sufficient, or in the river valley, where the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields can be irrigated . Coffee cultivation is said to have been introduced by a See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint, Baba Budan, more than two centuries ago; but it first attracted See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

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

capital in 1840 . The district is served by the Southern Mahratta railway ..