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GERSOPPA, FALLS OF

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 906 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GERSOPPA, FALLS OF , a cataract on the Sharavati river in the North Kanara
district
  of Bombay. The falls are considered the finest in India. The river descends in four
separate
  cascades called the Raja or Horseshoe, the Roarer, the
Rocket
  and the Dame
Blanche
 . The cliff over which the river plunges is 83o ft. high, and the pool at the base of the Raja Fall is 132 ft. deep. The falls are reached by boat from Honavar, or by road from
Gersoppa
 
village
 , 18 m. distant. Near the
village
  are extensive ruins (the finest of which is a cruciform temple) of Nagarbastikere, the
capital
  of the Jain chiefs of
Gersoppa
 . Their family was established in power in 1409 by the Vijayanagar kings, but subsequently became practically independent. The chieftaincy was several times held by
women
 , and on the death of the last queen (1608) it collapsed, having been attacked by the
chief
  of Bednur. Among the Portuguese the
district
  was celebrated for its pepper, and they called its queen "
Regina
  da pimenta " (queen of pepper).


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