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  BOSS: 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOWER 
  NARBALA 
  VALLEY, 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  II. 
  

  

  POLITICAL 
  AND 
  PHYSICAL 
  GEOGRAPHY. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  valley 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Narbada, 
  except 
  the 
  Chandgarh 
  

   forest, 
  the 
  administration 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  Forest 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  British 
  Nimar, 
  is 
  divided 
  between 
  Holkar, 
  Sindhia, 
  the 
  Raja 
  of 
  

   Dhar, 
  and 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  Ali 
  Rajpur 
  and 
  Chota 
  Udepur. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  

   petty 
  states 
  besides, 
  — 
  Dei, 
  Nimkhera 
  (or 
  Tarla), 
  Jobat, 
  Mathwar, 
  &c. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  better 
  known 
  places, 
  proceeding 
  westward 
  are, 
  — 
  Nimawar, 
  1 
  

   Kathagaon, 
  Ajnas, 
  Kanod, 
  Satwas, 
  Kant&phor, 
  Chandgarh, 
  2 
  Dhobghatta, 
  

   Katkut, 
  Barwai, 
  Mandlesar, 
  Mahesar, 
  Gujri, 
  Mandu, 
  Nimkhera, 
  Dha- 
  

   rampuri, 
  Chikalda, 
  Kuksi, 
  Bag, 
  Tanda, 
  Jobat, 
  Dei, 
  Nanpur, 
  Ali 
  Rajpur, 
  

   Kawant, 
  and 
  Chota 
  Udepur. 
  

  

  South 
  of 
  the 
  Narbada, 
  the 
  British 
  territory 
  extends 
  from 
  Handia 
  

   (Hindia) 
  and 
  Harda 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Mortakka. 
  Lower 
  down, 
  the 
  

   country 
  is 
  owned 
  by 
  Holkar, 
  the 
  Raja 
  of 
  Dhar, 
  the 
  Barwani 
  state, 
  and 
  

   some 
  petty 
  states. 
  

  

  Except 
  in 
  the 
  metamorphic 
  country 
  between 
  Nimawar 
  and 
  Satwas, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  alluvial 
  flat 
  between 
  Barwai 
  and 
  Chikalda, 
  presently 
  to 
  be 
  

   mentioned, 
  population 
  is 
  scant, 
  and 
  consists 
  mainly 
  of 
  Bhils 
  or 
  tribes 
  

   allied 
  to 
  the 
  Bhils, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Kolis 
  in 
  the 
  Chota 
  Udepur 
  state, 
  the 
  

   Kurkus 
  of 
  the 
  Dhar 
  forest, 
  and 
  the 
  Bhilalas, 
  all 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pure 
  

   aborigines, 
  except 
  the 
  last, 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  whom 
  may 
  be 
  degraded 
  Rajputs. 
  

  

  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  convenient 
  to 
  divide 
  the 
  whole 
  into 
  three 
  areas, 
  the 
  

   maps 
  being 
  numbered 
  from 
  east 
  to 
  west. 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  areas 
  is 
  marked 
  

   by 
  some 
  geological 
  and 
  physiographical 
  features, 
  which 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  and 
  instructive 
  to 
  summarise. 
  

  

  2*. 
  — 
  Nimdwur 
  — 
  Barwai 
  Area 
  (Map 
  No. 
  1). 
  

   The 
  great 
  Jabalpur-Hoshangabad 
  alluvial 
  plain 
  terminates 
  at 
  Han- 
  

  

  1 
  A 
  small 
  village, 
  being 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  huts; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  police 
  station, 
  the 
  

   only 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Nimanpur, 
  better 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Dhar 
  Forest. 
  

   3 
  A 
  small 
  village, 
  but 
  important 
  as 
  the 
  sent 
  of 
  a 
  petty 
  chief. 
  

  

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