The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v1.c6.s3.1

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Geographically the country falls into three natural divisions: firstly, an elevated plateau filling the triangular space enclosed by the Sātmāla Hills in the north and the two ranges styled the ghāts in the west and the east that stretch in long lines nearly parallel to the coast and meet in a knot in the Nilgiris; secondly, a narrow strip of territory bounded by the shore of the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghāts and thirdly, a broader expanse of low land between the Bay of Bengal and the Eastern Ghāts.