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K!"#! N!$%&"!' P! MP: Jungle Book, and Is Popularly Referred To As
K!"#! N!$%&"!' P! MP: Jungle Book, and Is Popularly Referred To As
K!"#! N!$%&"!' P! MP: Jungle Book, and Is Popularly Referred To As
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his lush wildlife reserve, watered
by the Banjar and Hallon rivers, is
spread across 1,945 sq km. It abounds
in meadows, sal forests, bamboo groves
and boasts a rich floral diversity. Declared a
National Park in 1955, the hauntingly beautiful
wilderness of Kanha, along with Pench (see p 38),
is said to have inspired Rudyard Kiplings
Jungle Book, and is popularly referred to as
Kiplings Country.
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