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Bastar is a district in the state of Chhattisgarh in Central India. Jagdalpur is the district headquarters. Bastar is bounded on the northwest by Narayanpur District, on the north by Kondagaon district, on the east by Nabarangpur and Koraput Districts of Odisha State, on the south and southwest by Dantewada and Sukma. The district possesses a ...
Bastar division is an administrative division of Chhattisgarh state in central India. It includes the districts of Bastar , Dantewada , Bijapur , Narayanpur , Sukma , Kondagaon and Kanker . Bastar Division was created in 1999, when the larger Bastar District was divided into the present-day districts of Jagdalpur, Dantewada, and Kanker.
Thus, the founder of the family fortunes in Bastar may very well have been a Telugu warrior from Telangana who was familiar with the prevalent legends about the Kakatiyas. [4] According to this chronology, the state was established around 1324 CE and the founder established his kingdom at Bastar under the tutelage of a local goddess, Danteshwari.
The dynasty's capital was probably Pushkari, which is mentioned as the place of issue in an inscription of Arthapati. Earlier, Pushkari was believed to be the present-day Podagada in Koraput district, where an inscription of Skandavarman has been found. [3] Later research has led to the identification of Garhdhanora in Bastar district as ...
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Bastar district has multiple scenic waterfalls that is popular for tourists throughout India. The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has identified Jagdalpur- Teerathgarh - Chitrakoot -Barsur- Dantewada Circuit as one of the 45 Mega Tourist Destinations/Circuits in India on the basis of footfalls and their future tourism potential.
The kings of Bastar used to come to this end of the princely state and take cognizance, thus the town used to serve as a King halt. Tehsil was established here by the British around the year 1900. After the bifurcation of Bastar district in 1998, it became a part of the Kanker district.
Bastar is one of the 90 constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in India. [ 2 ] It is part of Bastar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes .