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PUDUKKOTTAI
, a See also:state of See also:southern See also:India, in subordination to See also:Madras, lying between the See also:British districts of See also:Tanjore and See also:Madura
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See also:Area, 11oo sq. m
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Pop
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(1901), 380,440, showing an increase of 2% in the See also:decade
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The state consists mainly of an undulating See also:plain, nowhere of See also:great fertility and in many parts barren; it is interspersed with rocky hills, especially in the See also:south-See also:west
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See also:Granite and See also:laterite are quarried, red ochre is worked, and See also:silk and See also:cotton fabrics, See also:bell-See also:metal vessels and perfumes are among the See also:principal manufactures
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There is also some export See also:trade in groundnuts and tanning bark
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The See also:chief, whose See also:title is tondaman, is of the Kallan or robber See also:caste
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His ancestors received a See also: It is well laid out, and contains several See also:fine new buildings . |
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