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to the east, and the strike of the range to the north. Other parallel 

 ridges occur, shewing the same phenomena, but they are less conspicuous. 

 To return to the boxmdary of the Vindhyans and traps south of 

 Boundary south of Shumsgurh. The escaii^ment of the former 

 Shumsgurh. continues south to the edges of the table-land, 



and the same line of division is continued, in the same direction, down 

 into Lhe T'^'crbudda valley, about 1,000 feet below the plateau, so that 

 the original Vindhyan scarp, before the traps were formed, must have 

 been 1 000 to 1,200 feet in height at least, and the traps must have 

 filled up this depth before they overflowed the Vindhyans of the Bhopal 

 and Saugor plateau. 



With their usual power of resisting denudation, the Vindhyans 

 stretch out into the Nerbudda valley far south 



Vindhyans near Gun- 



noorgurh. gf the trap escarpment and even appear on the 



river itself at Murdanpoor. At the point where they commence to jut 

 out into the plain, they rise into the hill fort of Gunnoorgurh. 



Fig. 2, Sketch Section of the Hill of Gunnoorgurh, 



1, Strong red quartzite-sandstone : 2, greenish and grey shales, thinly laminated : 3, red 

 sh% beds, soft red shales in the lower part : 4, grey shaly flags. 



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