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The '''Rajmahal Hills''' are located in the [[Santhal Pargana division]] of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]. They were located on the northern margin of the [[Gondwana]] supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the [[Sauria Paharia people]] whilst its valleys are dominated by the [[Santhal people]].<ref>{{Cite news | title = Rajmahal natives seek autonomous council |work=The Telegraph India | date = 13 February 2012 | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120213/jsp/jharkhand/story_15127318.jsp#.T8CYVrAS1vA | access-date = 30 December 2017}}</ref> The hills span over an area of {{Convert|2600|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news | title = Rare fossils in India threatened |work= BBC News | date = 25 July 2008 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7520868.stm}}</ref><br />
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Volcanic activity during the [[Jurassic]] resulted in the formation of the [[Rajmahal Traps]]. The hills are approximately located at {{coord|25|N|87|E|type:mountain_region:IN|display=inline, title}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Mujibur Rahman |year=2012 |chapter=Rajmahal Hills |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rajmahal_Hills |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref><br />
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The Rajmahal hills are named after the town of [[Rajmahal]] which lies in the eastern Jharkhand. The hills trend north-south with an average elevation of {{Convert|200|-|300|m|abbr=on}}, from the Sahibganj district to the Dumka district. The [[River Ganges]] wanders around the hills changing the direction of flow from east to south.<br />
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[[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton]] travelled through the Rajmahal hills in the early 19th century. He described the hills that seemed impenetrable in a zone where few travellers had been. He wrote that everywhere people were hostile, apprehensive of officials and unwilling to talk and, in some cases, left their villages and absconded.<ref>''[http://ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/lehs301.pdf Themess in Indian History]'', Part III, p 266 (Using Francis Buchanan, ''Journal of Francis Buchanan Kept During the Survey of the Districtof Bhagalpur'', 1930, Government Printing, Bihar and Orissa, Patna.)</ref><br />
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==Fossils==<br />
The [[plant fossil]] bearing inter-trappean beds of the Rajmahal Formation have been declared [[List of National Geological Monuments in India|National Geological Monuments of India]] by the [[Geological Survey of India]] (GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and the enhancement of [[geotourism]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20091210204607/http://www.portal.gsi.gov.in/portal/page?_pageid=127,529542&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL National Geological Monument, from Geological Survey of India website] <br>- {{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137573|title=Geo-Heritage Sites|date=2016-03-09|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|access-date=15 September 2018}}<br>- ''[http://naturalheritage.intach.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Geoheritage-Monograph.pdf A Monograph on National Geoheritage Monuments of India]'', [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage|INTACH]], March 2016</ref> The Rajmahal hills contain plant fossils which are {{Ma|68|145|million years old}}. The fossils here have attracted [[geologist]]s and [[palaeobotanist]]s from all over the world. The Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany in [[Lucknow]] has a collection of them. There are fears of these fossils disappearing, as the state government in 2018 gave a mining lease in the area to private companies.<ref name="BBC" /><br />
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