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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 148.

148 CHAMRAJNA GAR TOWN Mysore Raja, whose father was born here. The Raja built the large Chamarajesvara temple and dedicated the town to his father's memory. It is a thriving place, in a fertile plain of black soil. To the east lies the populous suburb of Ramasamudram, near to which are the ruins of an ancient city said to be Manipur. The municipality dates from 1873. The receipts and expenditure during the ten years ending 1901 averaged Rs. 1,9oo and RS. 2,000. In 1903-4 they were Rs. 3,8oo and Rs. 3,900. Chanasma.-Head-quarters of the Vadavli tciluha, Kadi prdnt, Baroda State, situated in 23° 42' N. and 72° 1o' E. Population (1901), 8,183. It possesses local offices, a dispensary, a magistrate's court, and a vernacular school. The municipal board receives an annual grant of Rs. 1,700. Chanasma is famous as containing the largest Jain temple in the Gaikwar's territory. The building, which is said to have cost 7 lakhs, is made almost entirely of Dhrangadhra stone, profusely carved, while the interior is adorned with marble flooring. Chanda District.-Southernmost District of the Central Provinces, in the Nagpur Division, lying between 18° 42' and 20° 52' N. and 78° 48' and 81° E., with an area of 10,156 square miles. It is bounded on the north by the Nandgaon State and Bhandara, Nagpur, and 1Vardha Districts; on the west and south-west by the Yeotmal District of Berar and the Nizam's Dominions; and on the east by the Bastar and Kanker States and Drug District. The shape of the District is an irregular triangle with its base to the north and Physical aspects. tapering to the south, where the narrow strip of the . Sironcha tahsil runs down beside the Godavari river. The Wardha, Pranhita, and Godavari rivers successively mark the western border, while to the north the Wunna divides Chanda from Wardha District for a short distance previous to its junction with the Wardha. The western portion, between the Wardha and Erai rivers, and a small strip along the north consist of undulating open country. East of this, to the Wainganga, the surface is generally broken either by isolated hills or small ranges, large areas are covered with forest, and the soil is generally sandy. The Wainganga flows from north to south through the centre of the District to its junction with the Wardha at Seen!, when their combined streams become the Pranhita. The greater part of the country east of it is included in the zanzinddri estates, and consists of an elevated plateau stretching from north to south along the entire length of the District, from which again rise numerous ranges of hills, while dense masses of forest extend over plateau and valleys alike. As already noted, three of the chief rivers of the Province-the Wardha, Wainganga, and Godavari-are included in the drainage system of Chanda, while the Seonath, the largest feeder of the Mahanadi, rises in the north-eastern zaminddris. Each of these