Purvachal

Purvachal

▪ mountains, India
also called  Eastern Highlands 

      mountain ranges in eastern India. They extend over an area of about 37,900 square miles (98,000 square km) in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland (Nāgāland), Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and eastern Assam states. The Patkai and other associated mountain ranges (including the Mishmi, Naga, Manipur, Tripura, and Mizo hills) that run through this region are referred to collectively as Purvachal (purva, “east,” and achal, “mountain”). The area is bounded by Bangladesh to the southwest, Myanmar (Burma) to the southeast, and China to the northeast. The Hindu epic the Mahabharata has several references to the region. The Purvachal was ruled by the Ahoms from the beginning of the 13th century. It was occupied by the British in the last quarter of the 19th century.

      Geologically, the region is unstable; it is crisscrossed by several faults. Its north–south-aligned hill ranges are defined by narrow parallel valleys tending toward the west. The highest peak in the region is Mount Dapha (in Arunachal Pradesh), with an elevation of 15,020 feet (4,578 metres). The major rivers are the Lohit, Burhi Dihang, Diyung, Kusiyara, Gumti, Kaladan, Manipur, Tixu, Nantaleik, and Naurya. The vegetation is diverse, ranging from tropical evergreen to temperate evergreen and coniferous, and includes species of oak, chestnut, birch, magnolia, cherry, maple, laurel, and fig; there are also extensive bamboo thickets.

      Rice, millet, corn (maize), pulses (legumes), sesame, rapeseed, mustard, sugarcane, potatoes, barley, wheat, and cassava (manioc) are grown using traditional implements and shifting cultivation. Poultry farming and livestock raising are also important. Industry, mainly cottage and small-scale, produces woven textiles, baskets, wooden utensils, bows and arrows, traps, sleeping benches, sugar, paper, metalware, traditional embroidered clothing, bricks, tiles, soap, hosiery, and preserved fruit. Mineral resources include lime, lignite, coal, iron ore, copper ore, rock salt, clay, and ochre. The Nocte, Wancho, Tangsa, Naga, Kuki, Mizo, Lakher, Chakma, and Panei ethnic groups constitute most of the population. The North East Frontier Railway passes through only part of the region, but the National Highway has been expanded to reach several towns, including Agartala, Imphal, and Kohima. The main cities in the region are linked by air.

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