Notes on the Geography of Northern India: BundelkhandThe ancient block of peninsular India rises in a series of steps from the Ganges lowlands up to the Deccan Plateau. South of Kanpur, the first major rise--very gentle-- is to the Bundelkhand Uplands, which extend south to the Vindya scarp and the next step up. Make default image size larger ![]() The uplands are remarkably flat over large areas. The bedrock is mostly granitic and is neither especially fertile nor densely populated. Where uncultivated, it is heavily grazed. ![]() Most of the grazing is by unfenced cattle. ![]() Fields are mostly unirrigated; gram is especially important. ![]() Cultivation methods are simple. ![]() Housing is typically of mud or brick, with tile roofs. ![]() Compound farmsteads are commonplace. ![]() Fields are generally unfenced, although the bedrock provides fencing material. (The background temple is Duladeo, a late Khajuraho temple. Khajuraho is located near the southeast edge of the Bundelkhand Uplands.) ![]() Although this is a poor part of India, it now has cell phones and satellite TV. ![]() Roads remain simple. ![]() On one of them, west of Panna, there is a well-known dhaba, or truckstop. The food's good: specialties are roti for two cents and dal for 20. |
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