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  MAHADEVA 
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  PACHMART. 
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  valley, 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  crushing, 
  denudation, 
  and 
  concealment 
  of 
  the 
  rocks. 
  

   But 
  beyond 
  this 
  again 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  sandstone 
  is 
  typically 
  developed, 
  

   although 
  greatly 
  reduced 
  in 
  thickness, 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  longitudinal 
  range 
  

   abutting 
  against 
  the 
  transverse 
  scarp 
  of 
  the 
  Moran 
  hills. 
  This 
  scarp 
  is 
  

   much 
  higher 
  than 
  that 
  range, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  described 
  (in 
  

   Section 
  3) 
  as 
  composed 
  of 
  a 
  southern 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  Bagra 
  beds. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  gorge, 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Sali 
  stream, 
  

   separating 
  the 
  small 
  longitudinal 
  range 
  from 
  the 
  transverse 
  scarp. 
  Some 
  

   strong 
  trap 
  dykes 
  along 
  this 
  gorge 
  effectually 
  conceal 
  the 
  exact 
  mode 
  

   of 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  sandstones, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  indicating 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  fracture 
  or 
  of 
  flexure 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  abrupt 
  change 
  of 
  feature. 
  

   But 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  range, 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Moran 
  

   scarp, 
  a 
  little 
  flanking 
  ridge 
  of 
  distinctive 
  Pachmari 
  sandstone 
  occurs 
  

   for 
  about 
  a 
  mile. 
  The 
  rock 
  has 
  a 
  westerly 
  dip 
  of 
  20°, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  in 
  

   the 
  scarp. 
  The 
  whole 
  band 
  gradually 
  dies 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  the 
  beds 
  that 
  

   underlie 
  it 
  northwards 
  passing 
  beyond 
  it 
  southwards 
  into 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  

   sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Moran 
  scarp. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  clear 
  case 
  of 
  transverse 
  overlap 
  

   within 
  the 
  general 
  basin 
  of 
  deposition; 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  most 
  likely 
  that 
  

   within 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  distance, 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  group 
  tails 
  out 
  to 
  nothino- 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  Moran 
  hills. 
  

  

  The 
  eastern 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  group 
  is 
  less 
  definite 
  than 
  

  

  the 
  western 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  followed 
  out 
  

  

  Its 
  eastern 
  extension, 
  

  

  into 
  the 
  very 
  broken 
  ground 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Dudhi. 
  

   Very 
  shortly 
  to 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Denwa, 
  it 
  altogether 
  loses 
  its 
  scarped 
  features. 
  

   Two 
  easy 
  tracks 
  (one 
  of 
  them 
  fit 
  for 
  carts) 
  cross 
  it 
  to 
  north-by-west 
  and 
  

   north-north-east 
  from 
  Delakari. 
  On 
  both 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  more 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  one, 
  red 
  clays 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  between 
  the 
  

   flat 
  ridges 
  of 
  sandstone. 
  It 
  would 
  even 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  group 
  thus 
  passes 
  along 
  the 
  strike 
  into 
  the 
  lower 
  beds 
  of 
  the 
  Denwa 
  

   group 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Dudhi 
  section, 
  about 
  Kosmi. 
  Along 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  group, 
  on 
  the 
  south, 
  there 
  is 
  here 
  a 
  marked 
  easterly 
  and 
  

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