Gir Forest and the Saga of the Asiatic Lion |
Contents
Conservation History of Gir Forest | 11 |
Lion in Ancient India | 36 |
The Gir Forest | 49 |
Tribal Communities of Gir Forest | 65 |
Saga of LionHuman Conflict | 92 |
Ancestors of Lion and the Lionlike Creatures | 102 |
The King | 106 |
Maneating Lions | 126 |
Crocodiles and Other Reptiles | 148 |
A Birdwatchers Paradise | 153 |
Conservation Policies | 167 |
Captive Breeding and Genetic Reserve | 195 |
In Search of a New Home | 208 |
Census at Gir Forest | 232 |
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A Paradise of Wildlife | 133 |
Common terms and phrases
African lions Ahirs area of Gir Asiatic lion attacks Barbary lions Barda behaviour Bharwads Bhavnagar big cats Breeding Programme buffaloes captive carnivores census century Charans cheetahs chital colour common Conservator of Forest cubs developed domestic animals domestic cattle drought extinction Family female Forest Department forested area Game Reserve genetic Gir forest Gir lions Gir Protected Area Gir Sanctuary Girnar grazing Gujarat Gujarat Forest habitat human settlement hunting hyenas increased India Indian lion inside the forest Junagarh jungle Kamaleshwar Dam killed Kuno Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Kutch lakh land langur leopards lion population lioness live livestock Maasai Maldharis male man-eating mane migrated million years ago Mughal National Park Nawab Nawab of Junagarh nesses nilgais nomadic Panthera leo Pradesh predators pride pugmarks Rabaris Rajasthan reintroduction relocation river rulers sambar Saraswati Sasan Saurashtra scientists Serengeti Siddhis Singh snake started surrounding tigers Tsavo ungulates villages western wild ungulates Wildlife
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