a town and fortress of Hindustan, in the province of Barranahal, 105 miles west from Serinagapatam. Long. 78. 23. E. Lat. 12. 32. N. It is situated on a rock 700 feet in perpendicular height, and so remarkably bare and steep that it has never been taken, except by surprise. In 1791 the British troops were repulsed in an attempt to storm this fortress. It was subsequently ceded to them, and the fortress destroyed.