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thriving trade, steamers occasionally calling at the river mouth.
In
1735, l^he Company obtained permission from the Raja of Kolattiri (Chirakkal) to build a fort (named Madakkara) near this place ; and, as
cardamoms by the
a precaution against the transport of pepper and grant goes on to say,
Be
enemy, Kanara, does not enter the said river in any of his vessels.’ Near Beliapatam, Haidar Ali, in his first descent upon Malabar, gained a signal victory.
river, the
‘
careful that our
He used a fleet to transport his horsemen across the river, and the enemy, unaccustomed to cavalry, fled in confusion. A sacred temple stands to the south-east of the town.
— Seaport
and
See
Srikundapuram.
North Kanara District, Bombay Presidency, situated 13 miles south of Karwar town, in lat. t4° 42' 45" N., long. 74° ig E. The village is famed as a local sanitarium, and contains a large bungalow situated on the sea-shore. Population Belikeri.
village in
(1881) 1066.
and produce depot —Trading Rangpur Chief jute and mustard. Jabalpur (Jubbulpore) Sub-division, Jabalpur Belkhera. —Village
Belka.
village
Bengal.
in
District,
trade,
in
Population (1881) 2033, namely, Hindus,
District, Central Provinces.
1640; Muhammadans, 136 Jains, 41 ; aboriginal tribes, 216. Belkuchi. Town in Pabna District, Bengal situated on a branch of the Jumna river, which is navigable only in the rainy season. Lat. 24°
—
89° 47' 10" E. Considerable trade is carried on in and other goods. Village in Raidrug M/uk, Bellary District, Madras Bellaglipa. Population (1881) r7i9. It marks the commencement Presidency. of the great unbroken plain of black cotton soil which stretches hence Near Bellagupa are to be seen some curious to the Tungabhadra river. gallows, with chains and iron cages attached, in which the remains of 19' 35" N.,
long.
jute, cloth, rice,
—
criminals were formerly exposed.
Bellamkonda {Billam-Kondd, of the sea,
Raya
circ.
and 1578.
Telugu,
‘
The
Hill of the
Madras Presidency; 1569
Cave
’).
above the level crowned with the ruins of an old fortress. Taken by Krishna 1515, and by Sultan Kuh' Kutab Shah, of Golconda, in 1531
Hill in Kistna District,
Lat. 16“ 30' 40" n., long. 80° 3' 30"
e.
feet
A
village of the
same
stands on the high road from Gantur to Nelkonda, at the foot
name of the
hill.
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Bellary {Balldri, Valahdri). District in the Madras Presidency, lying between 14° 14' and 15° 57' n. lat., and 75° 45' and 77° 40' e. long.
area (including the native State of Sandur) 5904 square miles;
population in 1881 (including the State of Sandur, 10,532), 736,807. The river Tungabhadra bounds it on the north and north-west, separating
from the territories of the Nizam on the east Anantapur and Karnul (Kurnool) ; on the south
it
lie is
the Districts of
the District
of
