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Encyclopedia Britannica



JASHPUR

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 277 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: INV-JED
JASHPUR , a tributary state of
India
 , in the Central Provinces, having been transferred from
Bengal
  in 1905. The country is divided almost equally into high and low lands. The Uparghat
plateau
  on the
east
  rises 2200 ft. above sea-level, and the hills above it reach their highest point in Ranijula (3527 ft.). The only river of importance is the Ib, in the bed of which diamonds are found, while from time immemorial its sands have been washed for gold. Jashpur
iron
 , smelted by the Kols, is highly prized. Jungles of sal forests abound, harbouring elephant, bison and other wild beasts. Jungle products include lac,
silk
  cocoons and beeswax, which are exported. Area 1948 sq. M.; pop. (1901), 132,114; estimated
revenue
  8000.
' Jashar: fragmenta archetypa carminum Hebraicorum (Berlin, 1854). Cf. Perownes Remarks on it (Loud. 1855).


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