Forest of Dang

The forests of the Dangs cover rugged hills between the Gujarat plain and Khandesh. Teak grows among the wooded slopes, and Bhil communities have long made their homes in this country. The forest also supplied catechu, prepared from the wood by Kathodia workers. A number of chiefs held the surrounding territories, with ties of tribute to the rulers of Mulher in Baglana. Their wooded country lay beyond the cultivated plains and the more accessible routes through the Western Ghats.