...a sight of it hardly repays the trouble of clambering to the top. A little to the south of Rajagiri is a fourth hill, called Chakli Drug. The summit is...these fortifications are not connected with those of Gingee. Gingee has long enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most unhealthy localities in the...

...the surface drainage. The principal objects of interest are — the great gun on the top of Rdjdgiri; the Rajd's bathing-stone, a large smooth slab of granite,...allied Muhammadan kings of the Deccan in 1564, at Talikot. It was not till 1638, however, that BandulM Khdn, the Bijdpur general, captured the fort of...

...little or no rust. It has the figures 7560 stamped on the breech. A little to the south of RdLjagiri is a fourth hill called Chakli Drug. The summit is...allied Muhammadan kings of the Deccan in 1564, at Talikot. It was not till 1638, however, that Bandulld Khan, the Bijdpur general, captured the fort...

...and surmounted by a low circular brick wall. It has a natural hollow passing through it like a well. Gingi was a stronghold of the Vijayanagar power, which...century, and was finally overthrown by the allied Mohammedan kings of the Deccan in 1564 at Talikot. In 1677 the fort fell to Shivaji by stratagem, and...

...and surmounted by a low circular brick wall. It has a natural hollow passing through it like a well. Gingi was a stronghold of the Vijayanagar power, which...century, and was finally overthrown by the allied Mohammedan kings of the Deocan in 1564 at Talikot. In 1677 the fort fell to Shivaji by stratagem, and...

...wall. It has a natural hollow passing through it like a well. Gingi was a stronghold of the Yijayanagar power, which was at the height of its prosperity towards...century, and was finally overthrown by the allied Mohammedan kings of the Deccan in 1564 at Talikot. In 1677 the fort fell to Shivaji by stratagem, and...