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| | Madras, India (Presidency) - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | On the extreme N.E. is the Bengal province of Orissa; then the wild highlands of the Central Provinces; next the dominions of the nizam of Hyderabad; and lastly, on the N.W., the Bombay districts of Dharwar and North Kanara. |
 | | All the quartz reefs which contain gold in paying quantities are found within these Dharwar bands, those of the Kolar goldfield in Mysore being the most important. |
 | | The gneissic and Dharwar rocks are overlaid unconformably by the sandstones, limestones, shales, andc., of the Cuddapah and Kurnool series. |
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