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. Item number: 3787. Object Type: print. Date: 1794. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 32.6 cm (12.8 in); width: 47.3 cm (18.6 in). Medium: aquatint print. Depicted Place: Hudedurg. Collection: British Library. Woodia Droog
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