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	Deccan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The southernmost portion of the plateau is drained by the Cauvery River, which rises in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and bends south to break through the Nilgiri hills into Tamil Nadu, emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
		Telugu and Kannada, the predominant languages of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka respectively, are Dravidian languages that occupy the rest of the plateau.
		Tamil is the main language of the country to the south of the plateau, and Malayalam that of the hills and coast to the south-west.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Deccan (688 words)

	webindia123.com-Land of Meghalaya-capital-area-population-languges-literacy
		Meghalaya is situated in the north-eastern region of India, between the Brahmaputra valley in the north and the Bangladesh in the south.
		This part of the plateau is characterised by the presence of many peneplained surfaces, flat-topped hills and numerous river valleys.
		In the central and eastern section of the plateau the important northward flowing rivers are Umkhri, Digaru and Umiam and the south-flowing rivers are Kynchiang (Jadukata), Mawpa, Umiew or Barapani, Myngot and Myntdu.
	www.webindia123.com /meghalaya/LAND/land.htm (435 words)

	Indian Cities Facts, Lakshadweep, Lucknow, Mudumalai, Madurai, Mandawa, Mt. Abu, Mumbai, Munnar, Nagarhole, Nagpur, ...
		The natural beauty of this hill station is enhanced by a group of Jain temples at Dilwara, one of the holy spots on the plateau.
		Nagpur - situated in the heart of Central India, has derived its name from the River Nag.
		Situated on the Deccan plateau, Pune is 165 km from Mumbai.
	www.mercury-india.com /tour/cityfacts3.htm (4447 words)

	Chota Nagpur Plateau Travel, Chotanagpur Tourism Guide, Chotanagpur Tours, Chota Nagpur Travel, Bihar City Guide
		Chhotanagpur plateau is a region of great unevenness and consists of a succession of plateaus, hills and valleys.
		Most of the plateau has an elevation exceeding 1,000 feet, while the hills rise to 3,000 feet or more.
		The Asurs are believed to be the subcontinent's first iron smelters, who were driven from the Gangetic plains to the plateau of Chhota Nagpur.
	www.pages.drexel.edu /~sm97/chotanagpur.html (582 words)

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		The Malwa plateau - bounded by the Aravalli hills in the northwest and the Vindhyas in the Vindhyas form the northern half of this peninsula.
		Chhota Nagpur region forms the northeastern part of this plateau and is the richest minerals producing region of India.
		Towards the west of this plateau lie the Western Ghats that comprise of the Sahyadri, the Nilgiri, the Annamalai and the Cardamom Hills.
	webpages.acs.ttu.edu /rvuta/aboutindia.html (6619 words)

	Dhar - District of Madhya Pradesh - District Geography
		The Narmada river flows along the southern boundary of the district in a rift valley from east to west with a southerly inclination.
		It rises from the Amarkantak plateau of the Satpura range in Shahdol district.
		The scrub forests are confined to the immediate slopes of Malwa Plateau from Mandu to Bamanpuri and Panara blocks and compartments no. 325 to 326 and 341 to 379.
	www.dhar.nic.in /geo.htm (1817 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Chhota-Nagpur dry deciduous forests (IM0203)
		The Chhota-Nagpur Plateau also has a flora and fauna that are distinct from the adjacent areas (Rodgers and Panwar 1988), with several pockets of endemic plants.
		The ecoregion represents the dry deciduous forests on the Chhota-Nagpur Plateau and lies between the moist deciduous forests of the Eastern Ghats and Satpura Range and of the lower reaches of the Gangetic Plains.
		It is part of the Deccan Plate, which broke free from the southern continent during the Cretaceous to embark on a 50-million-year journey that was violently interrupted by the northern Eurasian continent.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0203_full.html (979 words)

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		In the plain and plateau regions of the State, villagers do not allow construction worls when the crops are ready for harvest.
		The land is gently sloping from Shiwalik hills in north- western region (274 m) towards the eastern Terai region (78 m) of the state.
		In the Lower Hills region & Hills and Plateaus, significant percentage of village population is engaged in agricultural practices.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/03/22/000012009_20040322122321/Rendered/INDEX/E8930vol10310paper.txt (16863 words)

	The Ultimate Chota Nagpur - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Chota Nagpur is made up of three smaller plateaus, the Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Kodarma plateaus.
		Much of the plateau is forested, with Sal trees predominant, and is covered by the Chota Nagpur dry deciduous forest ecoregion.
		The plateau is one of the few remaining refuges left in India for tigers and Indian elephants.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Chota_Nagpur_Plateau (173 words)

	Chota Nagpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chota Nagpur Division, a division of British India (historic)
		Chota Nagpur States, a collection of princely states of British India (historic)
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chhota_Nagpur (90 words)

	Deccan Plateau - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The plateau elevation is about 500 m on average.
		The southernmost portion of the plateau is drained by the Kaveri River, which rises in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and bends south to break through the Nilgiri hills into Tamil Nadu, emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
		Moreover, the city of Hyderabad is an important centre of Urdu language in the Deccan; its surrounding areas also host a notable population of Urdu speakers.
	godseye.com /wiki/index.php/Deccan_Plateau (936 words)

	Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The place had traditional skills of making firearms, and hence selected by the East Indian Railway for one of its earliest workshops.
		The location selected was at the foothills of Rajmahal range (a part of Chhota Nagpur Plateau), which was high enough to survive any threat of floods from the Ganga, and the hills secured it against any organised attack from an army.
		The location had a tomb of Baba Jamal Saheb, after whom the place was called Jamalpur.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/IRIMEE (713 words)

	Welcome to NAARM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is characterized by undulating topography, denuded hills, plateau, river valleys, and high lands.
		Deccan Plateau and Eastern Ghats, Hot Semi-arid Ecoregion with Red and Black Soils : It covers part of the Deccan Plateau and Eastern Ghats in the State of Andhra Pradesh accounting for 6.3% of the land area.
		Eastern (Chhota Nagpur) Plateau and Eastern Ghats, Hot Sub-humid Ecoregion with Red Loamy Soils : It includes Chhota Nagpur Plateau of Bihar, Western part of West Bengal, Orissa, and Bastar region of Madhya Pradesh covering 8.5% of the land area.
	www.naarm.ernet.in /Faculty/T.Balaguru/Balaguru1.asp (2898 words)

	Everything about South India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		South of the Satpuras, at the center of the peninsula, is the Deccan plateau, defined by the Western Ghats mountain range, which runs along the western edge of the peninsula, and the Eastern Ghats along the eastern edge.
		The plateau is flanked by two hilly coastal ranges, the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.
		These ranges run parallel to the Bay of Bengal; the Deccan Plateau lies to the west of the range, between the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats, and a coastal plain lies between the eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal.
	wikimiki.org /en/South+India (12075 words)

	India Information >> Madhya Pradesh
		Rewa is basically a plateau and from the south to the north its height decreases.
		The entire western boundary of the district is made by Panna district while the southern boundary abuts on the Murwara tehsil of Jabalpur district in the west and Bandhogarh tehsil of Umaria district and Beohari Tehsils of Shahdol district on the east.
		The height of the plateau enclosed by these hills is from 1700' to 1800' generally but occasionally, some of the hills in the south of the tehsil rise to more than 800 feet in height above the plateau.
	www.whereincity.com /india/madhya-pradesh/rewa.php (5624 words)

	A History of the Church of England in India, by Eyre Chatterton (1924)
		The exact sphere of their labour had not been definitely decided upon when they left Europe, and for a time their minds were attracted to Tibet, owing to interest in that country aroused by the recently published writings of the Abbe Hue.
		On this plateau dwell the primitive peoples, Mundas and Orauns, from whom the bulk of the Christian converts are drawn, and the eastern jungles and hills form the land of the Hos.
		In the valley round the foot of the plateau eastward and northward lies perhaps the richest mineral area in India.
	anglicanhistory.org /india/chatterton1924/21.html (5095 words)

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		ciu, Ih D-VIRCISVDIIID1 * Southern Plateau is characterized by undulating terrain with considerable forestland.
		In plains and plateau regions, the villagers object to the construction activities during harvesting season due to impacts on standing crops.
		In the region of low as well as high hills, majority of land is under orchards plantation and also the land holding is small, hence uptake of land for PMGSY likely to cause some loss of his income due to the cutting of trees.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2004/03/04/000160016_20040304170904/Rendered/INDEX/E8930paper.txt (5196 words)

	Meghalaya Tours, Tour to Meghalaya, Travel to Meghalaya, Travel Information of Meghalaya, Meghalaya Tourism, Tourism of ...
		Meghalaya, one of the smallest states in India, occupies the plateau and rolling hills between Assam and Bangladesh.
		Nature has blessed her with abundant rainfall, sun-shine, virgin forests, high plateaus, tumbling waterfalls, crystal clear rivers, meandering streamlets and above all with sturdy, intelligent and hospitable people.
		Meghalaya is situated in the north-eastern region of India, between the Brahmaputra valley in the north and the Bangladesh in the south.The state of Meghalaya (the abode of clouds) is geographically known as the "Meghalaya Plateau" or the "Shillong Plateau".
	www.indian-tourism.us /meghalaya-tourism.htm (1146 words)

	Shahdol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This district is situated between 22o38' N latitude to 24o20'N latitude and 30o28' E Longitude to 82o12' E longitude.
		The District is located in the north-eastern part of the Deccan Plateau.
		It lies at the trijunction of Maikal Ranges of the Satpura Mountain, the foot of the Kymore Range of the Vindhya Mountain and a mass of parallel hills which extend over the Chhota Nagpur plateau in Bihar.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/shahdol_about.htm (502 words)

	Jharkhand - Introduction @ whatisindia.com
		Jharkhand has a vast potential for generating hydel power as is exemplified by the location of the famous Damodar Valley Corporation in the state.
		North Koel river, originating from the plateau of Ranchi, flows towards north and ends in river Sone.
		Most of the state lies on the Chhota Nagpur Plateau, which is the source of the Koel, Damodar, Brahmani, Kharkai, and Subarnarekha rivers, whose upper watersheds lie within Jharkhand.
	www.whatisindia.com /issues/jharkhan/jharkhand_general.html (1427 words)

	Focus
		The network of Tiger Reserves include the high mountainous terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, the heavy rainfall areas of Assam and West Bengal, the estuarine mangroves of Sunderbans, the dry forests of Rajasthan, the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Central Indian Highlands of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
		The plateau of Chhota Nagpur in Bihar, the hilly tropical and evergreen forests of Orissa, the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Karnataka, the dry deciduous forests of Andhra Pradesh and the Southern moist deciduous forests of Tamil Nadu.
		Project Tiger is indisputably the custodian of major gene pools of the country and a repository of some of the most valuable ecosystems and habitats for wildlife.
	pib.nic.in /focus/foyr98/fo1198/fo1211981.html (697 words)

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		Theother striking feature of this area is the feeling commonamong educated tribals and shared by non-tribals inconsiderable measure that Chhota Nagpur has little share inthe administration commensurate with its area, populationand industrial importance and is being neglected by theGovernment which is made up of elements interested mostly inthe rest of Bihar.
		The extreme expression of the discontent prevalent inChhota Nagpur is the separatist movement which demands theformation of a new province of Jharkhand out of thepartially excluded area.
		All the witnesses were emphatic that theChhota Nagpur Division as a whole should be scheduled and nodistrict or territory should be excluded from the scheduledstatus.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /ls/debates/vol7p1i.htm (10385 words)

	Meghalaya History,About Meghalaya History,Meghalaya Historical Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		South of Assam, Meghalaya, situated in the north-eastern region of India, between the Brahmaputra valley in the north and the Bangladesh in the south.
		The state of Meghalaya (the abode of clouds) in India is geographically known as the "Meghalaya Plateau" or the "Shillong Plateau".
		It is blessed with abundant rainfall, sun-shine, virgin forests, high plateaus, crystal clear rivers, tumbling waterfalls, meandering streamlets and above all with hardy, intelligent and hospitable people.
	www.north-east-india.com /meghalaya/meghalaya-history.html (576 words)

	Project tiger to be enlarged
		TIGER RESERVES: The network of tiger reserves includes the high mountainous terrain of Arunachal Pradesh, the heavy rainfall areas of Assam and West Bengal, the mangroves of Sunderbans, the dry forests of Rajasthan, the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttar praadesh and Bihar and the central Indian highlands of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
		The network also includes the plateau of Chhota Nagpur in bihar, the hilly tropical and evergreen forests of Orissa, the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala and Karnataka, the dry deciduous forests of Andhra Pradesh and the deciduous forests of Tamil Nadu.
		The main thrust of the project is protection and reduction of harmful human impacts with a view to comprehensively revive the natural ecosystems in the reserves.
	ces.iisc.ernet.in /hpg/envis/doc98html/biodtiger1119.html (927 words)

	Voluntary Action and Alternative Development in Tribal Areas
		The Santhal Parganas is the north-eastern extension of the Deccan plateau.
		About the middle of the 18th century Chhota Nagpur was the chief habitat of the Santal.
		At the end of the century, as the jungles were being cleared and the pressure of population was keenly felt, they moved up towards the virgin forests in and around the Rajmahal hills.
	www.ignca.nic.in /cd_05019.htm (3767 words)

	List of Indomalaya ecoregions
		IM0138 : Northern Khorat Plateau moist deciduous forests[?]
		IM0201 : Central Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests[?]
		IM0209 : South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests[?]
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_Indomalaya_ecoregions.html (112 words)

	Traditional Treatments of Some Incurable Diseases
		Asur is one of the thirty scheduled tribes in Bihar and are found in the districts of Gumla, Lohardaga and Palaman and the Pat area of Netarhat plateau in Bihar.
		Regarding the second allegation that they are over exploiting forest resources, we find that most of the charcoal is made by them with dead trees lying in the forest.
		Agaria families of Chhattishgarh and Chhota Nagpur visit forests for the collection of the sal leaves to use them as the plates for their meals, but the number of leaves per family is fixed and they do take a lot of care while plucking the leaves.
	www.indianscience.org /essays/t_es_iron_technology.shtml (2426 words)

	herb of the month December - Saffron
		The tree is found very commonly in the plains and lower hills of Bengal, Assam and Burma.
		It is also found in the dry forests of the Chhota-Nagpur plateau up to an altitude of 2500 ft. above the sea level.
		This is a small tree, with dark green leathery leaves.
	www.allayurveda.com /herb_month_april2002.htm (216 words)

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