TABLE OF CONTENTS.
physical description.
General Description (page 1)—Position and boundaries—Taluks and chief towns—Natural divisions (3). Hills (4)—In the Parvatipur division—The 3,000 feet plateau (5)—Galikonda as a sanitarium (6)—The 2,000 feet plateau (7)—The Malkauagiri taluk. Rivers (8)—The Varaha—The Sarada—The Chittivalasa river—The Gostani (9)—The Langulya—The Vanisadhara (10)—The Tel—The Indravati—The Kolab and Saveri (11)—The Sileru. Soils (12). Climate (13)—Rainfall—Temperature (14). Geology (15). Minerals (16)—Manganese—Iron—Graphite—Limestone—Steatite—Sapphiriae—A meteorite. Flora (17). Fauna (21)—Domestic animals; cattle—Sheep—Goats—Game (22) ... ... ... ....1–23.
political history.
Early History (page 24)—Formed part of the kingdom of Kalinga —Antiquity of this—Its conquest by Asoka, 260 B.C. (25)—A long gap in its history—The Ganga kings (26)—Attacked by their neighbours, tenth century—The later Gangas of Trikalinga—Anantavarman-Choda-Ganga, 1078 (27)—Invaded by the Cholas, eleventh century—The Matsyas -Decline of the Gangas, 1434 (2S)—The Gajapatis of Orissa—Defeated by Krishna Deva of Vijayanagar, 1515—End of the dynasty, 1541 (29). Muhammadan Period, 1568—Aurangzeb overthrows Golconda, 1687 (30)—The Subadar of the Deccan becomes independent, 1724—Cedes the Northern Circars to the French, 1753 (31)— Difficulties of the French thereafter—Bussy at length obtains possession, 1757 (32)— Forde's expedition against the French, 1758 (33)—The French expelled from the Circars (34)—The Circars ceded to the English, 1765. English Period (35)—Foundation of Vizagapatam settlement, l682—Its early progress (3'))—The cowle granted in 1685—The fact >ry sacked by the Musalmans, 1689 (37)—Mr. Holcombe becomes Chief, 1692 —Hidden treasure in Bobbili (38)—Local disturbances, 1604 (39)— Extravagance at Vizagapatam—More local disturbances, 1697—Brighter prospects, 1698 (40)—Vizagapatam besieged, 1711—The defences strengthened (42)—Waltair first occupied, 1727—Further strengthening of the defences, 1741-45 (43)—The place surrenders to Bussy, 1757 (44)—Is recovered and becomes the capital of the district, 1769 (46)—Growth of the power of the Vizianagram Raja—And of his diwan SitaramaRazu (47)—Sepoy mutiny at Vizagapatam, 1780— Proposed cession of the Circars, 1781 (48)—Maladministration by the Vizianagram Raja (49)—Dangerous growth of his power—Ordered to reduce his troops, 1788 (50)—Falls into heavy arrears with his peshkash, 1793—His estate is sequestrated—And he is ordered to leave the district, 1794 (51)—He resists this order—And is killed at Padmanabbam (53)—His son is given the estate (54)—Which is greatly curtailed (55)—The Permanent Settlement, 1802—Its unfortunate effects (56)—Mr. Russell's Commission, 1833 (57)—Subsequent outbreaks (58) ... ... ... ....24–58.
