a town and large district of the Balaghat ceded territories, situated principally between the fourteenth and fifteenth degrees of north latitude, and now mostly comprehended in the Cudapah collectorship. The chief towns are Wandicotta, Tadimery, and Anantapooram, and the principal river is Pennar. The town was formerly a very strong fortress, and remarkable for the vicinity of a diamond mine. It is fifty miles north-west from Cudapah. Long. 78. 20. E. Lat. 14. 42. N.