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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 498 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BASTAR , a feudatory See also:

state of See also:British See also:India, in the Chattisgarh See also:division of the Central Provinces; See also:area, 13,062 sq. m. Ia 1901 the See also:population was 306,50,, showing a decrease of 1% compared with an apparent increase of 58% in the preceding See also:decade. Estimated See also:revenue £22,000; See also:tribute £1100. The eastern See also:part of Bastar is a See also:flat elevated See also:plateau, from x800 to 2000 ft. above the level of the See also:sea, the centre and N.W. portions are very mountainous, and the See also:southern parts consist of hills and plains. On the plateau there are but few hills; the streams run slowly and the See also:country is a mixture of See also:plain and undulating ground covered by dense sal forests. See also:Principal mountains of the See also:district: (x) a lofty range which separates it from the Sironcha district; (2) a range of equal height called the See also:Bela Dila lying in the centre of the district; (3) a range See also:running N. and S. near Narayanpur; (4) Tangri Dongri range, running E. and W.; (5) Tulsi Dongri, bordering on the Sabari See also:river and the See also:Jaipur state. There is also a small range running from the river Indravati to the See also:Godavari. The Indravati, the Sabari and the Tal or Talper, are the See also:chief See also:rivers of the district; all of them affiuents of the Godavari.

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