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MAIHAR , a native See also:state of Central See also:India, in the Baghelkhand agency . See also:Area, 407 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 63,702; estimated See also:revenue, £4700 . The state, which is watered by the Tons See also:river, consists mainly of alluvial See also:soil covering See also:sandstone, and is fertile except in the hilly See also:district of the See also:south . A large area is under See also:forest, the produce of which provides a small export See also:trade . The See also:chief, whose See also:title is See also:raja, claims descent from the Kachwaha See also:Rajput See also:clan . The state suffered severely from See also:famine in 1896--1897 . The See also:town of Maihar (pop . 6802) is on the See also:East See also:Indian railway, 97 M . N. of See also:Jubbulpore . Extensive ruins of shrines and other buildings in its neighbourhood indicate a former much greater extent of the See also:place . |
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