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ACD. 1771; Ge:j WARS OF TIE RASAHS. 69

fort at Anantapuram, and prepared store houses for grain, laid aside the work of digging the trench, and with all apeed, taking Devanna the head-man with him, reached Buccapatnam. In a fortunate hour he employed men in repairing the breach at the tank. While be was building it, and about three quartera of the work was eompleted, Basavappa was seized with illness: he mounted in his palankeen and proceeded to Anuantapuram, where in a few daye the same disease having increased, in the ;ear Khara, month Magha, the Sth of the bright fertnight [9 Feb. 1772] he expired.

ll. Afterwards, Sidda Ramappa Nayu caused this Buccapatnam tank to be completely repaired. He kept Subbaraya (still) with lim, and ruled the barony,

The Peshwa, and Hyder, Nawab of Seringapatam,* demanded (khandini) tribute: and he was thus disturbed by both at once. Thereupon [Sidda Ramaya] collected all the money, and gold and silver in his country and selling even the horses, paid the money de- manded by the Peshwa,.f

In the year Manmatha, month Kartica, the Gth day of the bright fortnight [i.e. 50th Oct. 1775] Basalat Jaug,t commandant of A’da- yani (vulgarly Adhoni) came frain Seriugapatain and laid siege to Bellari. But when his honour [Eyder] Babadar heard of this, he came with speed, and beset Basalat Jang, whose troops were thrown into confusion, ‘They abandoned all the baggage and fled to A’dhava‘ni, Then the Bahadar Nawab [meaning Hyder Aji} garrisoned the fort of Rellari.@) He heard that Murari Rao [the Marata general] was at (rooty——; he at once marched with his army fo Gatti, which be sieged for two or three months, after which Gooty fell into his hands.§

12, Then, (Hyder khan) Bahadar, with a view to exacting the tri- bute that was due from Anantapuram, sent Nanny Ram the (jjamadar) serjeant, and Pultatia the (harcara) messenger, with fifty hurse. These

Compare the Life of Iyder translated by we from the Marata original.

+ The Peshwa” was the title borne by the chieftain whe led the armies of the Mahrattas-

$Sce Index to 2d vol. of Orme,

(*) Page 61.

§ Literally, became 4 garrison.