a town and fortress of Southern Hindustan, on the N.E. quarter of the native kingdom of Mysore, on the S.E. bank of the Toombuddra River. In the fort there is a celebrated temple of Vishnu, and among the inhabitants there are many of low caste. The British cantonment here is situated on an extensive plain, 1500 yards from the river, towards which the ground gently slopes. The water of the river is good, but the distance renders it inconvenient to resort to it for a supply, so that it is generally obtained from wells, being usually found at a depth of about 40 feet. The elevation of the cantonment above the sea is about 1900 feet. The place being formerly situated on the confines of two countries, has often changed masters. After the defeat of Ram Rajah, and the destruction of the Bijanagar sovereignty, it became subject to the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapore. On the destruction of the dynasty by the Moguls, it fell into the hands of the nabob of Savanoor, from whom it was afterwards taken by the raja of Ikery, who was expelled by the Mahrattas; and these, after a period of fifteen years, were driven out by Hyder. On the death of Tippoo, and the division of his country, it was one of the districts ceded to the British, and is now included in the state of Mysore. E. Long. 75. 51., N. Lat. 14. 31.