MEMOIRS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 



The Geology of the Bellary District, Madras 

 Presidency, by R. Bruce Foote, F.G.S., F.M.U., 



Superintendent, Geological Survey of India. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



The district of Bellary, which forms the western division of the 

 Ceded Districts (so called because ceded by the Nizam by treaty in 

 1800 tc the East India Company), lies in the centre of the Deccan 

 table-land. Its most northerly extremity lies in Lat. N. 15 58' and 

 its most southerly in N. Lat. 14 30'. Its western extremity lies in 

 E. Long. 75 43' and its eastern in E. Long. 77 45'. The area of the 

 district measures 5,904 square miles. 1 The western and northern 

 boundaries of the district are formed by the Tungabhadra river, which 

 divides it from Dharwar district and the Nizam's country. The south- 

 ern boundary between the district and Mysore is exceedingly sinuous 

 and nowhere dependent on great natural features of the country. 

 The eastern boundary dividing Bellary from Anantapur is a purely 



1 Prior to the 5th January 1882 the district was much larger, as it included the taluqs 

 now forming the Anantapur district, which has an area of 5, 103 square miles. The areas 

 quoted are taken from the Madras Manual of Administration. 



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