Rayakottai

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Rayakottai

('king's fort'). Village in the Krishnagin taluk of Salem District, Madras, situated in 12 31' N. and 78 2' E. Popula- tion (1901), 1,497. To the north stands the hill with its ruined fort which gives the place itb name This commands one of the most important parses between the Mysore table-land and the Baramahal, and was of great strategical importance in the Mysore Wars of the eighteenth century. Its capture by Major Govvdie was the fiist exploit m Lord Cornwallis's march It was ceded to the British by the treaty of 1792, and under its walls the army of General Harris encamped in 1799 before entering Mysore territory on its way to Seringapatam. The place was at one time a favourite residence of military pensioners.