Bastar, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana, India
Area
92,200 km2
Dandakaranya (Sanskrit: दण्डकारण्य, romanized: Daṇḍakāraṇya), also rendered Dandaka (Sanskrit: दंडक, IAST: Daṃḍaka), is a historical region and the name of a forest mentioned in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. It covers about 92,200 square kilometres (35,600 sq mi) of land, which includes the Abujhmar Hills in the west and the Eastern Ghats in the east, including regions of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana states. It spans about 300 kilometres (200 mi) from north to south and about 500 kilometres (300 mi) from east to west.[1]
Dandakaranya (Sanskrit: दण्डकारण्य, romanized: Daṇḍakāraṇya), also rendered Dandaka (Sanskrit: दंडक, IAST: Daṃḍaka), is a historical region and the name...
The Dandakaranya Project, or the DNK Project, was the form of action the Indian government designed in September 1958 for the settlement of displaced persons...
Kaikeyi. The trio traveled south from Ayodhya and passed through the Dandakaranya (Dandaka forest) to the banks of the Godavari River where they built...
from they were forcibly sent to "rocky inhospitable semi arid land" of Dandakaranya (mostly in Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh), Terai (Uttar Pradesh...
Rahuri and Factory. /billiontreecampaign/CampaignNews/Dandakaranya.asp Ulhas Latkar, "Dandakaranya Movement in India: Millions of trees planted", United...
former notably supported by Indian Census sources and the latter by Dandakaranya Project report submitted to Rajya Sabha in August 1974. During the pre-independence...
states in two coal rich, remote, forested hilly clusters in and around Dandakaranya-Chhattisgarh-Odisha region and tri-junction area of Jharkhand-Bihar and-West...
up three projects: the Kottavalasa–Koraput–Jeypore–Kirandaul line ( Dandakaranya Project ), the Titlagarh–Bolangir–Jharsuguda Project and the Rourkela–Kiriburu...
after himself, and the city is believed to stand on the place where Dandakaranya stood when he named the area. Dandeli is located at 15°14′51.7884″N 74°37′46...
kilometres (36,000 sq mi) equivalent to the present Bastar division. Dandakaranya, literally meaning "the abode of the demon Dandaka", also finds mention...
migrated to India, principally settling in West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Dandakaranya and Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka. The Movement remains prominent in...
east coast Location Country India Parts Chhattisgarh, Odisha Region Dandakaranya, Dakshina Kosala Kingdom, Coastal Plains Administrative areas Raipur...
Liberation Guerrilla Army Battalion No 1 and an active member of the Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee of the CPI (Maoist), which operates in the Sukma...
potential of worker cooperatives in areas like agricultural production, in Dandakaranya. She was also critical on shifting patriarchal ideas that were then dominant...
Bengal from Dandakaranya. By now, the economy was in a poor state and the CPIM arranged deportation of many of them back to Dandakaranya. However, a group...
cave, in Kanger Ghati National Park Dandakaranya, central Indian forest featured in Hindu literature Dandakaranya Project, settlement project in India...
corruption of the term 'Maha Kantara' (the Great Forest), a synonym for 'Dandakaranya'. Maharashtra is the third largest state (in area) in India after Rajasthan...
population was under six years of age. In Ramayana, Phaltan was part of Dandakaranya, and Ram, Laxman, Seeta had come here during Vanvas. Sri Ram is the local...
(present day Bangladesh), who have been rehabilitated since 1965 under the Dandakaranya Project. Some Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were also rehabilitated in the...
Medaram is a remote place in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, a part of Dandakaranya, the largest surviving forest belt in the Deccan. Once declared a national...
of the river Godavari. Its starting point, found to be the Ghats of Dandakaranya, range from a hilltop village Mardiguda of Thuamula Rampur Block in the...
ISBN 978-81-87032-78-6. Chris A. Gregory, The Oral Epics of the Women of the Dandakaranya Plateau: A Preliminary Mapping, J. Soc. Sci., 8(2): 93-104 (2004) Ranchor...
Hirakud Dam Mandira Dam Rengali Dam Sondur Dam Geographical features Dandakaranya Dakshina Kosala Chota Nagpur Plateau Western Orissa Mahanadi River Delta...
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