A Statistical Account Of Bengal District Of Puri And The Orissa Tributary States

Excerpt from A Statistical Account of Bengal, Vol. 19: District of Puri and the Orissa Tributary States The Tributary States occupy a succession of ranges rolling upwards to the plateau of Central India. The monotony of their wooded glens and towering peaks is only inter rupted by the valleys of the Mahanadi, the Brahmani, and Baitarani, here, as in the plains, the three great rivers of Orissa. Hid away in these natural fastnesses, the aboriginal tribes continue to enjoy the freedom which they love, under the nominal rule of hereditary Hindu chiefs. The Paramount British Power rarely interferes; but it is promptly felt where ever anarchy or outrage has to be repressed, or commerce encouraged. The natural difficulties of communication have, so far, shut off the mineral resources of this region from the approach of European capital. The total area dealt with in this Volume amounts to square miles, containing in 1872 a population of souls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.