Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c4.s7: 5. Maharashtra

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South of the Vindhyas is Maharashtra, its limits almost co-extensive with the Deccan lavas. It includes three or four former cultural units, Khandesh, Desh or Western Maharashtra, Vidarbha and Konkan. The most important drainages are the Tapi-Purna, Wardha-Vainganga and the upper Krishna-Godavari, whereas the Konkan which is a narrow strip of coastal plain is drained by numerous fast-flowing streams.