6.3.4 Shifting of River Course
The early maps of Jao De Barros, 1550; Bleva,
1645; Vanden Broucke, 1660; Rennel, 1779–81
and other maps and charts of the unknown
Cartographers provided cognizable evidence of
changing courses of lower Damodar or Mundeswari. According to De Barros (1550), the
main flow of the Damodar in the sixteenth century was restricted to the present channel of Kana
Fig. 6.6 Source Result of Field Survey conducted by author Date- 20 and 21 November, 2010
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The early maps of Jao De Barros, 1550; Bleva,
1645; Vanden Broucke, 1660; Rennel, 1779–81
and other maps and charts of the unknown
Cartographers provided cognizable evidence of
changing courses of lower Damodar or Mundeswari. According to De Barros (1550), the
main flow of the Damodar in the sixteenth century was restricted to the present channel of Kana
Fig. 6.6 Source Result of Field Survey conducted by author Date- 20 and 21 November, 2010
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N. C. Jana and S. Mandal