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(Rev. Geol. Surv. hid., XXXIV, 89, f. n., 1906) announces 

 the discovery of Oligocene fossils in this usually unf os- 

 siferous series, and later he (Rev. Geol. Surv. Ind., XXXVIII, 

 202, 1909) discusses the extension of this series in Western 

 Baluchistan and the Makran, assigning an Oligoceue age and 

 comparing it with the Oligocene flysch of Europe. 



Koklllam Stage.— Named by R. B. Foote (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind., 

 XX, 11, 12, 1883) from a village in the Madura district, which stands 

 close to where the ridge is crossed by the high road from 

 Tirumangalam to Sholavandan. A coarse granular rock forming 

 the lowest but one of the divisions of the crystalline rocks of 

 that area (see Allagiri stage). 



Kolamnala Shales. — The shales underlying the Shrishalam (Srisailam) 

 quartzites in the Kistna series of the Cuddapah system. Named 

 by W. King (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind., VIII, 253, 1872) from a small 

 river in the Kurnool district, which cuts through and exposes 

 these shales west and south of the sacred village of Shrishalam 

 (16° 5' ; 78° 53'). 



Konghsa Marls.— See Namhsim beds. 



Kota=MaIeri stage.— The outcrops of these Upper Gondwana 

 rocks came to be known through the discovery of ganoid fish re- 

 mains by W. Walker (Journ. As. Soc. Beng., X, 341, 1841 ; 

 Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., 1857, 261) at Kota (18° 55' ; 80° 2'), 

 a village on the east bank of the Pranhita, eight miles above the 

 confluence with the Godavari and five miles north of Sironcba ; 

 and by the find of reptilian bones by the Revd. S. Hislop (Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc., XX, 280, 1864) at Maleri (19° 11' ; 79° 40'), a 

 village 32 miles north-west of Sironcha. A discussion of the 

 paleeontological results by W. T. Blanford (Pal. Ind., Ser. IV, 

 Part 2, 22, 1878) indicated an age approximately correspond- 

 ing to the Jurassic of Europe, the reptiles showed Triassic affi- 

 nities, some of the fishes appeared to be Liassic, while the plants 

 were regarded as Middle or Upper Jurassic (he. tit., p. 21). 

 The Maleri beds are older than those at Kota. 



Kothair beds. — Beds regarded by A. Verchere [Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng., XXXV, (2) 163, 190, 1866 ; XXXVI, (2) 221, 1867] 

 as Triassic in age and overlying the Weean beds of Carboni- 

 ferous age in the Kashmir valley. 



Krol group or series.— Name given by H. B. Medlicott (Mem. 

 Geol. Surv. Ind., III. pt. 2, 25, 1864) to the limestone and quart- 



