Chhatisgarh is the south-east division of the Central Provinces of India, with an area, including feudatory states, of 25,013 sq. m.; pop. 3,115,997. It is mainly a vast, fertile, grain-producing plateau. Dongargaon is the capital.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 171
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