Gondwana (India)

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Gondwana, also known as Gondaranya, is a region of India named after the Gond people. The supercontinent Gondwanaland was named after the Gondwana region, because it contained some ancient fossil-bearing rock formations. The Gond tribe is considered the progenitor of all Kshatriyas. The five major Gond Linage are Suryavansh, Chandravansh, Nagavansh, Yagyavansh, Gangavansh. Since Gondi people are spread widely across central India, the region has no unambiguous boundary. However, the core region can be considered to be the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The wider region extends into parts of Northern Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Southern Uttar Pradesh. The region is part of the northern Deccan plateau, with an average height of about 600–700 metres. Geologically, it is mostly Precambrian rock, with some areas of Permian and Triassic age. In places, these older rocks are overlain with alluvium, while in the west, it is overlain by the igneous rocks...

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