The New International Encyclopædia/Deccan

​DEC′CAN (Hind. dakhan, Prak. dakkhana, Skt. dakṣina, southern, pertaining to the right hand, from dakṣa, right hand; connected with Gk. δεξιός, dexios, Lat. dexter, right). A term sometimes applied to the peninsula of India (Map: Asia, G 7), south of the Nerbudda, but now generally restricted to the portion bounded on the north by the Nerbudda and on the south by the Kistna or Krishna. In a still narrower sense, the name is applied to the elevated plateau region of the interior. It is also the official designation of a division of the Bombay Province.

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