The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.85

v1.c15.85

The east coast of India, where it trends north-eastward from the mouths of the Godāvari river to those of the Mahānadī, is backed by great hill and forest districts, tenanted by big game and by uncivilised tribes of men. The Eastern Ghāts are here higher than elsewhere, and they approach near to the coast, so that their foot plain affords only a relatively narrow selvage of populated country. Through this coastal plain the railway is carried from Calcutta to Madras.