Cauvery : Kāveri, Dakshīna Ganga, one of the seven sacred rivers; she rises in Western Ghats, flows 400 miles eastward passing Thanjavur & enters the Bay of Bengal in a wide delta; at its mouth stood the ancient port of Puhar [see Cholās]
... forming the land of the river Cauvery. Long revered by the people of India for the bounties of fertility bestowed by the gentle waters, this river flows from the azure mountains of the Nilgiris. Today, this region covering the four south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kanataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, offers visible continuity with traditions in time. Above the land of the Cauvery lies Orissa, another culturally ...
... care to learn how to help themselves. I have omitted to refer to the many endeavours made by other Indian States in the same direction, not because they are not worth mentioning. The wonderful Cauvery electric power scheme and the irrigation projects of the Mysore and Jaipur States, as well as the fine Technical School at Jaipur, are indisputably entitled to a high rank in the record of such laudable ...
... were builders too; they were not only statesmen and administrators of great ability, they were also poets and writers of standing. South of the Vindhya range, along the banks of the Godavari and Cauvery, the Krishna and Tunga-bhadra, many powerful dynasties have left their mark on our land: the Satabahanas, Pallavas, Pandyas, Badami Chalukyas, Cher as of Kerala and others. They are our bridge to the ...
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