Gurramkonda through the archive
The short journey connects selected objects and records back to their full catalogue entries.
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Eight short stops connect the landscape, people, events, objects and memories already preserved in this archive. Every stop keeps its evidence status visible and links to the full record.
01 / 08 · GURRAMKONDA / HORSE HILL
A hill, a town and a remembered name
ORAL TRADITIONBegin with the rocky landscape and a guardian-horse tradition recorded in local historical writing. The tradition is preserved as tradition, not converted into a literal event.
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Gurramkonda Fort
The fort provides the physical setting for many of the archive’s documented people, events and objects.
Begin with the fortSources & Further Reading (2)
- List of Centrally Protected Monuments
National Monuments Authority · Ministry of Culture, Government of India · Undated register · Gurramkonda entries in the Andhra Pradesh list.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
How this source is used: Documents protected remains, including lower fort, wall, moat, gateway, temple, tomb, mandapam and mosque. Older district names reflect the register, not current administrative boundaries.
Open external source ↗ - View of the north face of the fort, Gurramkonda
Thomas Fraser · British Library · c. 1802 · WD506.
PRIMARY / ARCHIVAL
How this source is used: Watercolour with a key. The catalogue identifies the lower fort and works covering the ascent. The original digital viewer was unavailable during research.
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