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Kurnool

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[ker-nool] / kərˈnul /

noun

  1. a city in S central India, in Andhra Pradesh state.


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The principal mines were on the north bank of the Krishna river, and in the Kurnool and Anantapur countries, notably at Vajra Karur.

From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Sewell, Robert

BANGANAPALLE, a state of southern India, surrounded by the Madras district of Kurnool.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

He carried on successful wars in the present Kurnool and Cuddapah districts, capturing Kurnool, Nandial, Dole, and Gandikota, following up these successes by inroads into the eastern districts of Nellore.

From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Sewell, Robert

Fettered him fast in far Lahore, Fast by the gate at the Runchenee Pûl; Sad was the soul of Chunda Kour, Glad the merchants of rich Kurnool.

From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

The mines of Golconda and Kurnool were described as early as 1677 in the twelfth volume of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

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