This uncoloured aquatint is taken from plate 6 of captain alexander allan's 'views in the mysore country'. Rayakottai is in dharmapuri district of tamil nadu. During the third anglo-mysore war in 1791, the fort there surrendered to major gowdie's detachment. Allan wrote: "13 guns, and a proportionate quantity of military stores were found in the place, which was occupied by a respectable garrison and remains the only fort above the carnatic ghauts secured to the english by the treaty of seringapatam. " at the end of the war in 1792, tipu sultan of mysore had been defeated at his capital srirangapatna and forced to sign a peace treaty, ceding half his dominions and a large amount of money to the british under the governor general, lord cornwallis. This fort was one of a significant number retained by the british under the treaty's terms. Item number: 3786. Object Type: print. Date: 1794. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 33.1 cm (13 in); width: 47.3 cm (18.6 in). Medium: aquatint print. Depicted Place: Rayakottai. Collection: British Library. Ryacottah
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