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EASTERN HINDOOSTAN. 



OVSCOTTA-. 



Bangalore. 



The Pettah. 



high refpe£> *. Ayder himfelf, on his death, was carried to this 

 place embalmed, and laid in ftate during four months ; after 

 which he was carried and depofited in the fplendid building of 

 the fame nature at Seringapatatn. 



A LITTLE beyond Colar, the march inclines a little foutherly. 

 Oufcotta, a fort clofe to the road, is barely mentioned, pof- 

 iibly not important enough to merit the attention of our 

 army. At Ki/lnaporur,h ten miles from Bangalore^ firfi ap- 

 peared the army of T'ippooy taking poffeffion of the heights, and 

 cannonading our rear, having previoufly burnt the country 

 eighteen miles round the city, to prevent the army benefiting 

 from its fertility. The Marquis fate down before it on March 

 the 5th ; fecure of his principal objed:, but inconfcious of the 

 prolongation of its fate. 



Bangalore is the capital of a kingdom of the fame name, 

 built by the Hindoos, afterwards improved and fortified by 

 jiyder and his fon. In 1655 it belonged to a Polygar Rajah, who 

 was difpoffefled of it by a general of the king of Bejapour t. It 

 went through a quick fucceffion of matters, till it fell into the 

 hands of the father of Aydcr, as a reward from the king of 

 My/ore for a vi6lory he had obtained for him over the Mah- 

 rattahs |. It is feated in Lat. 12° 67' 30", Long. E. from Green- 

 wich 77° 22' 17". 



The Pettah or town of Bangalore is of a confiderable extent, 

 and fortified with a rampart. The palace, built by T'ippoo, 



* Plate I. p. ] J of the fine views in the Myfore Country, by Major Allan. 

 •}■ Views in the Myfore by Mr. Hoiue, aii elegant unpaged work, 1794.. 

 % Hift. Ayder, i. p. 50. 



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