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land including the native state of Maisur (Mysore) are the
highest, and they are higher on the east than on the west ;
Bangalore (the capital of Mysore) being over 3000 feet
above the sea. The greatest depression occurs in the
regions drained by the Kistna and its tributaries, where
the level drops to 1000 feet. The general surface of the
tableland exhibits a level plain from which isolated hills

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ABOVE 3000
2000 - 3000
1000 - 2000
UNDER 1000

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(1G. §3.—The Uplands of Mysore,

rise here and there, and run to 8oo or goo feet above the
plain level. Towards the western edge of the tableland
short spurs extend from the line of the Ghats into the
plain. These spurs and the isolated hills are often very
steep and surmounted by precipitous cliffs. On them the
fortresses (or “droogs ”) are built which figured so largely
in Mahratta history. In the northern districts of the
Dekkan, which enjoy a specially healthy climate, we
have three sanataria—or hill-stations—well known to the