File:Woodia Droog.jpg
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Woodia Droog
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Woodia Droog |
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English: This uncoloured aquatint is taken from plate 7 of Captain Alexander Allan's 'Views in the Mysore Country'. . Allan described Hudedurg as "a hill-fort commanding the head of a pass of the same name (sometimes called Policode Pass, from a town of that name at the foot of it) being the principal pass into the low countries, and the same through which Haider descended in 1780, was evacuated by the enemy on the approach of the army and occupied on 22nd July 1791 by a British garrison, in whose possession it remained until restored to Tippoo by the treaty of Seringapatam." Woodia Droog, hill fort commanding the head of the Policode which was the principal pass into lower plains of Carnatica. |
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| Depicted place | Hudedurg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | aquatint print | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 32.6 cm (12.8 in); width: 47.3 cm (18.6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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X378(7) |
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| Place of creation | London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019xzz000000378u00007000.html https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=hudedurgam |
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- British Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Views in the Mysore Country (1794)
- Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet
- Third Anglo-Mysore War
- Tamil Nadu in the 1790s
- Geography of Krishnagiri district
- People of Krishnagiri district
- Forts in Krishnagiri district
- Hills of Tamil Nadu
- Animals of Krishnagiri district
- Horses of Tamil Nadu
- Flora of Krishnagiri district
- Trees in Tamil Nadu