PART 1.] 
Kiuy : Geology of the Vjgier Godavari ba vn.. 
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The Bugarani Band {No. 3).—Towards the Jangaon river and about a mile 
and half eastward of Parwatipet are some further exposures of limestone in a 
still higher band, the highest in fact that we know of, but I was not able to detect 
it to the south-east, except, apparently, spot between Waddaguram and 
Somtum on the right bank of the Pranhita. This band may also possibly give 
a doubtful oiitcrop, noticed last year, as Ij ing below the Chikiala scarps north of 
Sii’oncha. No fossils have been seen in this outcrop. 
The Metapali Band {No. 1).—This occurs about 2 miles or less to the west 
of that of Parwatipet, and is thus lower in the series than the Kota band. It is 
strongest about Metapali, being there about a mile in width, with a very low dip, 
and thence it is traceable for a long distance to the south-east past Siirarum, 
Katapali, and Busnai, and for 5 or 6 miles further in that direction. To the 
north-west I could not follow it satisfactorily, but it ajipears to run straight for 
Bibra, a short distance north of which are some outcrops of hard dark-colored 
limestones. So far this band has failed to yield any fossils. The lie of the beds 
is, however, so very low, often nearly flat, at its north-east end, that I am almost 
inclined to think that this band may be represented in the Itial outcrop lying 
much more to the west-north-west. 
The limestones of Itial form, to all appearance, a completely isolated outlier 
of nearly flat or flat-rolling beds resting on red clays associated with a thick 
series of sandstones, which in their turn overlie the j)roper reptilian red clays of 
hlaleri. They are thus for this part of the country the lowest true limestone 
band in the Kota-Maleri group, and certainly in this way they correspond to 
the Metapali band, which for its known length is also the lowest band, resting also 
on a sandstone belt overlj-ing the reptilian clays. The Itial beds are fossiliferous, 
with lepidotus scales.' 
Between the thin limestone beds, and above and below them, are great 
thicknesses of rather soft, open textured variegated sandstones, sometimes having 
sti’ong runs of buff, pink, lilac and white clay galls and rolled lumps, with which 
are intercalated thin bands of red and chocolate-colored clays. The limestones 
shade rapidly downwards into the sandstones by calcareoiis sands and clays, 
and intercalated with them also are thin seams of bright red clays. If I am 
right in my surmise that the Anaram beds are continued north-westward past 
Yedlabundun, then they lie between the Kota and Metapali bands. This place.s 
the Pahssya conferta and Ghirolepis muneteri of Anaram with the liassic fish of 
the limestone or Kota sub-division. 
A remarkable feature about the stratigraphy of these limestone bands is, 
that they are not traceable to the north of the Jangaon river, though two of the 
sandstone belts associated with them and the red clays are continued on to the 
Wardha river. Of com-se this non-appearance of outcroji.s may be due to the 
very thick covering deposits of the Jangaon valley; but the probability is, I 
think, that they have thinned out, and that their flatter lie allowed of gi’cator 
erosion, only one isolated jJatch of the lowest band being left. 
The lie of the beds is generally vciy low, from 2° to 3’, though the outcrops 
are often broad and marked, giving an idea of great Ihickness. Tor instance, the 
most steady and fair outcrop of good massive limestone beds, in the Kota band 
