Kondavid
Kondavid, 1908
Village and hill-fortress in the Narasaraopet taluk of Guntur District, Madras, situated in 16 degree 16' N. and 8o° 16' E. Popu- lation (1901), 1,979. It was once the capital of a province of the same name extending from the Kistna river to the Gundlakamma. The fortress, constructed in the twelfth century, was a seat of the Reddi dynasty from 1328 to 1482. It was taken by Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar about 15 16, and by the Sultans of Golconda in 1531, 1536, and 1579. The Musalmans called it Murtazanagar. The French obtained the province in 1752, and it passed to the English in 1788. The fortifications, erected upon the crests of a small range of hills, are extensive and strongly built with large stones. They are many miles in circumference and in a fair state of preservation. A description of them will be found in the Indian Antiquary, vol. i, p. 182. The interior of the fort, which is overgrown with thick jungle, contains the ruins of numerous storehouses and magazines. The hill, the highest point of which is 1,701 feet above the sea, was once used as a sanitarium by the officers at Guntur.
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.
