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Proterozoic ‘Purana’ Basins

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The Banded Gneiss Complex attached to the Aravalli Craton in the west with coeval Bundelkhand Craton in the center, the Singhbhum and the Meghalaya Cratons in the east, and the Bastar and Dharwar cratons in the south constitute the Precambrian nuclei of the Peninsular India.

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