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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
May 9-
Face of the
country.
History of
Tag ad.
CHAPTER thunder, with heavy rain from the southward, but little wind, I
went four cosses to Garuda-giri, or the hill of Garuda, the eagle on
which Vishnu rides. It is often pronounced in the oblique cases
Garudana-giri, which, by the Mussulmans, is usually corrupted to
Gurruna-giri; and in a map which I received, I find it called
Gurgan-droog. The country through which I passed is flat, but
the soil is rather poor. Almost the whole of it, however, is capable
of being cultivated ; but by the Marattah invasion it has been
quite depopulated, and I passed only two small villages.
At one of these villages, named Ana-giri, in the Yagati Tabic, I
met the Amildar. He says, that his district produces an annual
revenue of 10,000 Pagodas, or 3120/. 8*. Ad. It formerly made a
part of the Garuda-giri district, and belonged to the Mysore Rajas.
On the occasion of an invasion by the Nizam, Hunnama Nayakaf
Polygar of Terri-caray, rendered such assistance to the (Curtur)
sovereign of Mysore, that he was rewarded by a cession of the Yagati
Taluc. Hyder deprived the Terri-caray family of all their territories,
ordered them to reside at Manzur-dbdd, and allowed them an annual
pension of 2000 Pagodas, or 625/. 1*. 8d. They were by cast Baydaru,
but of a different family from the Rajas of Chatrakal. During the
reign of the Sultan, the present heir of the family enjoyed his
pension. On the fall of Seringapatam he joined Dundia, and hanged
three or four Brahmans, who were his servants, and who refused to
follow him in his mad enterprise. He afterwards repented, and,
having submitted, was kept in irons for some time at Seringapatanh
About two months ago, the Amildar says, this Polygar was liber-
ated, and received the grant of a pension of thirty Pagodas a
month.
Garuda-giri at one time belonged to the Ikeri Poly gars, from
whom it was conquered by the family of Mysore. These built the
Durga, or fort, which occupies the highest part of a short abrupt
ridge, that by a strong imagination has been fancied to resemble
one of the rude images of Garuda. The suburb (Petta) stands at
Garuda-giri,
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
May 9-
Face of the
country.
History of
Tag ad.
CHAPTER thunder, with heavy rain from the southward, but little wind, I
went four cosses to Garuda-giri, or the hill of Garuda, the eagle on
which Vishnu rides. It is often pronounced in the oblique cases
Garudana-giri, which, by the Mussulmans, is usually corrupted to
Gurruna-giri; and in a map which I received, I find it called
Gurgan-droog. The country through which I passed is flat, but
the soil is rather poor. Almost the whole of it, however, is capable
of being cultivated ; but by the Marattah invasion it has been
quite depopulated, and I passed only two small villages.
At one of these villages, named Ana-giri, in the Yagati Tabic, I
met the Amildar. He says, that his district produces an annual
revenue of 10,000 Pagodas, or 3120/. 8*. Ad. It formerly made a
part of the Garuda-giri district, and belonged to the Mysore Rajas.
On the occasion of an invasion by the Nizam, Hunnama Nayakaf
Polygar of Terri-caray, rendered such assistance to the (Curtur)
sovereign of Mysore, that he was rewarded by a cession of the Yagati
Taluc. Hyder deprived the Terri-caray family of all their territories,
ordered them to reside at Manzur-dbdd, and allowed them an annual
pension of 2000 Pagodas, or 625/. 1*. 8d. They were by cast Baydaru,
but of a different family from the Rajas of Chatrakal. During the
reign of the Sultan, the present heir of the family enjoyed his
pension. On the fall of Seringapatam he joined Dundia, and hanged
three or four Brahmans, who were his servants, and who refused to
follow him in his mad enterprise. He afterwards repented, and,
having submitted, was kept in irons for some time at Seringapatanh
About two months ago, the Amildar says, this Polygar was liber-
ated, and received the grant of a pension of thirty Pagodas a
month.
Garuda-giri at one time belonged to the Ikeri Poly gars, from
whom it was conquered by the family of Mysore. These built the
Durga, or fort, which occupies the highest part of a short abrupt
ridge, that by a strong imagination has been fancied to resemble
one of the rude images of Garuda. The suburb (Petta) stands at
Garuda-giri,