Kundahs

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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.

Kundahs

Range of hills in the Nilgiri District, Madras, lying between 11° 12' and 11° 23' N. and 76° 26' and 76° 43' E., and forming the south-western wall of the Nilgiri plateau, which rises abruptly from Malabar. The summit of the ridge is rocky and pre- cipitous ; and the sides, covered in places with grass and in the hollows clothed with thick forest, slope on the north down to the bed of the Kundah river, which separates this range from the rest of the table-land, and on the south drop suddenly for a great depth into the steep-sided valley of the Bhavani. The three highest points in the range are Avalanche Peak (8,502 feet). Bear Hill (8,353 ^^^0' ^^'^ Makurti (8,403 feet). The best big-game shooting on the plateau is to be had here. Seen from Ootacamund the Kundahs are remarkably beautiful ; and the view from their tops across the Bhavani and westwards to the heavy forest of the Attapadi valley is one of the finest in Southern India.