Kalyandrug Town
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.
Kalyandrug Town
Head-quarters of the taluk of the same name in Anantapur District, Madras, situated in 14 degree 33' N. and 77 degree 6' E. Population (1901), 8,815. It was formerly a place of some importance, containing a District Munsifs court, but now, being off the railway and in the centre of a very barren tract, it is in a decaying state. It lies in a hollow surrounded by hills, two of which are 2,400 feet high. The ruins of an old fort and the buildings connected therewith still stand, but are of no antiquarian interest. On the higher of the two hills above referred to, and in the neighbouring village of Mudigallu, are some hundreds of prehistoric kistvaens. On the hill are also three curious circular mounds of earth, about 3 feet in height and some 10 or 11 yards in diameter. All round them are planted, upright in the earth, slabs of stone of irregular shape, which stand from 4 to 5 feet above the ground.
