CHAPTER III. 
Distribution. 
Tachavdia lacca is found distributed widely throughout India and 
extends into the adjacent countries on its eastern and north-eastern 
borders. It occurs in Bihar and Orissa, Bengal, Assam, Bhutan, 
Thibet, Nepal, the United Provinces, the Punjab, Bombay (including 
Sind), Central India, the Central Provinces and Berar, Hyderabad 
(Deccan), Mysore, Madras, Travancore, Burma, China, French Indo- 
China, Siam and the Straits Settlements. Its general distribution is 
therefore wide, but it is only grown on a commercially important 
scale in a few rather restricted areas. 
The main area includes the whole of Chota Nagpur, Orissa, the 
north-eastern half of the Central Provinces including all the Chattis- 
garh Feudatory States, Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand ; it extends 
into parts of the Bankura, Birbhum, Murshidabad and Malda districts 
of Bengal and irltothat part of the Mirzapur district (United Provinces) 
which lies south of the Sone river. The bulk of the world’s lac is 
grown within this area. The other important areas are :— 
(1) Sind .—A narrow strip on both sides of the Indus in Hyder¬ 
abad and Karachi districts. 
(2) The Punjab .—The Una Tahsil of Hoshiarpur district. 
(3) Assam .—The Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Garo Hills, 
Kamrup and Nowgong districts, with extensions into 
Thibet. 
(4) Burma .—The Arakan Yomas, many districts of Upper 
Burma, the Northern and Southern Shan States and 
Karenni. This area extends into Siam, French 
Indo-China and China. 
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