Orissa

Orissa, the name of an ancient Indian kingdom, independent till 1568, and falling into British possession in 1803, is now restricted to the most south-easterly province of Bengal. It is larger than Wales, and comprises a hilly inland tract and an alluvial plain formed by the deltas of the Mahanadi, Brahmani, and Baitarani Rivers, well irrigated, and producing great crops of rice, wheat, pulse, and cotton. It has no railways, and poor roads; transport is by canal and river. Chief towns Cuttack, Balasor, and Puri.

Population (circa 1900) given as 4,047,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

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Orfila, M. J. Bonaventure
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