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Bible Encyclopedias
Gokak
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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a town of British India, in the Belgaum district of Bombay, 8 m. from a station on the Southern Mahratta railway. Pop. (1901) 9860. It contains old temples with inscriptions, and is known for a special industry of modelled toys. About 4 m. N.W. are the Gokak Falls, where the Ghatprabha throws itself over a precipice 170 ft. high. Close by, the water has been impounded for a large reservoir,which supplies not only irrigation but also motive power for a cotton-mill employing 2000 hands.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gokak'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/gokak.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gokak'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/gokak.html. 1910.
