BANGALORE those of
its
affluent
DISTRICT.
some of
khdls, are
59
the principal trade marts of
Eastern Bengal.
Bangalore
—
Mysore State, Southern Nandidrug (Nundydroog) Division. It lies between 12° 13' and 13° 30' N. lat., and between 77° 7' and 78° 3' E. long., being bordered on the south by the Madras Districts of Coimbatore and Salem. It contains an estimated area of 2901 square miles, of which 860 are cultivated, 818 are cultivable, and {Bengaluni).
of
District
India, forming the southern portion of the
1223 uncultivable waste. Greatest length from north to south, 85 miles from east to west, 50 miles. The Census of 1881 returned a total
population
The
of 669,139 souls.
District is
sub-divided into the
Anekal, Bangalore, Closepet, Devanhalli, DodEALLAPUR, Hoskot, Kankanhalli, Magadi, Nelamangala. The number of villages on the rent-roll is 5504. Land revenue (1881-82) Total revenue, ^173,966. The civil and military head;;(^93,864. following
quarters are
at
the
town of Bangalore
which
{g.v.),
also
is
the
At the time of the restoration of the Province of Mysore to the young Maharaja in 1881, the cantonment part of Bangalore was separated and styled the civil and military administrative capital of the State.
under the administration of
of Bangalore,
station
Excepting
British
officers.
slight reductions in establishments, the constitution of the
District remains
much the same as in 1873. The main portion of the
Bhysical Aspects
.
—
District consists of the
which joins the Kaveri (Cauvery) on the southern frontier the eastern part is watered by the South Pinakini (or Pennar). Towards the west, the country is broken by a succession of rugged hills and deep valleys the remaining tract, which is open and
valley of the Arkavati river,
undulating, forms part of the general table-land of Mysore, attaining at
Bangalore town an elevation of 3113
feet
above the
sea.
The
low-
lying lands are dotted with tanks for irrigation, varying in size from
formed by embanking the minor low scrub jungle. The best the rock-fortress of Savandriig, which towers to a height of 4024 feet the sacred hill of Siva-ganga is about 500 feet higher. The Arkavati river runs a total course of about 120 During the hot season its sandy bed only contains a thin, miles. trickling stream ; but in the rains, heavy freshets come down, bearing small ponds to considerable
lakes,
The uplands are often known of the hills is
streams.
bare, or covered with
along large uprooted trees and logs of timber.
Its
maximum
flood
The calculated at 50,000 cubic feet of water per second. prevailing formation is gneiss, disrupted by dikes of trap and porphyritic discharge
rocks
is
adularia, pink felspar, chert,
hornblende are found
corundum, chalcedony, mica, and is abundant, and a nodular
hematite iron ore
limestone yields excellent lime, which bears a high polish.
rock
is
extensively quarried for building purposes,
The
gneiss
and supplies
solid
