CONTENTS. 
PART I. 
The Coalfields of India. By the late Professor V. Ball, C.B., 
LL.D., F.R.S., Entirely revised and largely re-written by 
R. R. Simpson, M.Sc, Inspector of Mines, formerly Mining 
Specialist to the Geological Survey of India. 
Paoie. 
Chapter I, — Geological Occurrence of Coal in India . •. . 1 
(i) Gondwana Coalfields . . . » • '1 
(n) Jurassic Coalfields ...... 0 
{Hi) Cretaceous Coalfields ...... ^ 7 
(iv) Tertiary Coalfields 7 
Chapter II. — Detailed Descriptions op the Respective Coalfields 8 
(i) Introductory ...... 8 
(ii) Afghanistan ...... II 
(Hi) Afghan-Turkistan (Chahil and Shisha Alang 
Valleys, etc.) 12 
(iv) Andaman and Nicobar Islands . • . 13 
(v) Assam ....... 14 
(vi) Baluchistan ....... 31 
(vii) Bengal ....... 35 
(viii) Bihar and Orissa ...... 37 
(ix) Bombay ....... 60 
(x) Burma ....... 61 
(a;t) Central India ...... 75 
(xii) Central Provinces ..... 80 
(xiii) Hyderabad ....... 95 
~ (xiv) Jammu and Kashmir ..... 100 
(xv) Madras and Southern India' . . . . 102 
(xvi) North- West Frontier Province . . . 108 ■ 
[xvii) Punjab ....... 108 
(xviii) Rajputana ....... 112 
(xix) United Provinces . . . . . . 114 
Chapter III.— Production, Trade, Labour, etc 116 
Chapter IV. — Bibliography 128 
Geographical Index i — xxxv 
Subject Index .......•(, xxxvii — xhv 
