strong-built fort and town, the capital of a district of the same name, a hundred and twenty-five miles west-north-west from Madras. Long. 78. 40. E. Lat. 13. 45. N. It was besieged in 1791 by the nizam's army, assisted by a small detachment of the British, but was afterwards taken by Hyder Sahib, Tipu's son. The district, which is situated between the thirteenth and fourteenth degrees of north latitude, is of a mountainous surface, abounding in strong positions, and is now comprehended in the collectorship of Cuddapah.