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  BOSE 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOWER 
  N 
  ABB 
  AD 
  A 
  VALLEY. 
  

  

  limestone 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  cretaceous 
  series 
  — 
  at 
  Oria 
  (south 
  of 
  Ghursul), 
  

   Aspura 
  (south 
  of 
  Bag), 
  &c. 
  Alluvial 
  kanlcar 
  is, 
  however, 
  the 
  principal 
  

   source 
  of 
  supply. 
  

  

  Building 
  stones. 
  — 
  The 
  building 
  stones 
  are 
  good 
  and 
  varied. 
  

  

  1. 
  MetamorpMcs. 
  — 
  The 
  black 
  limestone 
  near 
  Nimkhera 
  on 
  the 
  Man 
  is 
  

   largely 
  quarried 
  and 
  taken 
  to 
  Dhar. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  requisition 
  

   at 
  Mandu 
  also. 
  

  

  2. 
  Bijdtvars.— 
  These, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  do 
  not 
  yield 
  good 
  building 
  stones. 
  

   At 
  Chirakhan, 
  4| 
  miles 
  west-by-north 
  of 
  Juga, 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  

   Hoshangabad, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  sandstone 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  extensively 
  quarried 
  

   for 
  the 
  fort 
  of 
  Juga, 
  which 
  stands 
  in 
  an 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  Narbada 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  village, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  temples 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  Being 
  coarse 
  

   and 
  hard, 
  it 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  prized. 
  

  

  The 
  limestone, 
  when 
  not 
  chert-banded, 
  may 
  be, 
  and 
  has 
  been, 
  

   employed, 
  as 
  for 
  some 
  temples 
  at 
  Khudia 
  (7 
  miles 
  south-east 
  of 
  Chand- 
  

   garh) 
  . 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  too 
  hard 
  to 
  be 
  worked 
  with 
  ease. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  Bijawar 
  slates, 
  as 
  near 
  Bag, 
  may 
  be 
  utilised 
  for 
  roof- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  other 
  purposes. 
  

  

  3. 
  Vindhyans. 
  — 
  These 
  sandstones 
  have 
  been 
  largely 
  used, 
  though 
  for 
  

   comparatively 
  rude 
  constructions. 
  They 
  are 
  well 
  fitted 
  for 
  substantial 
  

   structures, 
  but 
  not 
  for 
  ornamental 
  work. 
  

  

  4. 
  Gondwana 
  sandstone. 
  — 
  The 
  sandstones 
  near 
  Barwai 
  and 
  Kat- 
  

   kut 
  have 
  (with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  coralline 
  limestone) 
  yielded 
  the 
  

   finest 
  building 
  stones 
  of 
  the 
  district. 
  The 
  places 
  where 
  there 
  are, 
  or 
  

   have 
  been, 
  quarries 
  are 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Ghatia 
  and 
  Rupabari 
  (near 
  Barwai). 
  

  

  2. 
  Katkut 
  (3 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  it). 
  

  

  3. 
  Bed 
  of 
  the 
  Sukli 
  river 
  at 
  Chandupura, 
  north 
  of 
  Katkut. 
  

  

  4. 
  Ahkund. 
  

  

  The 
  Ghatia 
  and 
  Katkut 
  quarries 
  were 
  till 
  lately 
  worked 
  for 
  the 
  

   Rajputana-Malwa 
  Railway, 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  viaduct 
  at 
  Mortakka. 
  

   The 
  stones 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  palace 
  of 
  the 
  Bala 
  Saheb 
  at 
  Indore 
  are 
  now 
  

   largely 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  former. 
  The 
  Katkut 
  quarries 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  up. 
  These 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  oldest, 
  the 
  now 
  ruined 
  forts 
  and 
  

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