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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 215.

POTTANGI 215 Carnatic would have been at Haidar's mercy. The place was twice captured by the French and was finally restored to the British in 1785. Porto Novo is a Union under the Local Boards Act and contains a salt factory. It had once a considerable trade with Ceylon and Achin, but this has declined. The value of the exports and imports in 1903-4 was Rs. 12,50,ooo and Rs. 59,ooo respectively. The only special manufacture is a species of mat made from the leaves of the screw-pine. The Porto Novo ironworks attained much notoriety in the early years of the last century. Their melancholy history is referred to in the account Of SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. Portuguese Possessions.-These consist of the territories of Goa, Daman, and Diu, lying wholly within the limits of the Bombay Presidency, and governed by a Governor-General of Portuguese India, resident at Goa city. They cover a total area of 1,470 square miles and contain a population (1900) of 531,798, distributed as follows:- Area. Population. Goa J1301 475,513 Daman . 149 41,671 Diu 20 14,614 Their total revenue in 1903-4 was 23 lakhs. A description and history of these possessions will be found under the articles GOA, DAMAN, and Diu. Porumamilla.-Town in the Badvel tdluk of Cuddapah District, Madras, situated in 15° 1' N. and 79 E. Population (1901), 5,522. It possesses a fine tank. There are the ruins of an old fort to the north of the town, and the place was formerly the seat of a local chieftain. An inscription on stone in front of the temple of Bhairava, which stands on an eminence close to the tank, is dated A. D. 1369, and records that Bukka Bhupati's son Bhaskara Bhupati, who reigned at Udayagiri, constructed the tank. The date corresponds with that of the reign of Bukka I of Vijayanagar; and if this be the chief men- tioned, the inscription is of importance. There is a very old temple of Lakshmikantaswami in the town, which is said to have been re- paired by the above-mentioned Bhaskara Bhupati. To the west of the place, on the bank of the Sagileru river, are some stone cromlechs. Pothanur.-Village and railway junction in Coimbatore District, Madras. See PODANUR. Pottangi.-Zamindari tahsil in the Agency tract of Vizagapatam District, Madras. It is situated on both slopes of the Eastern 'Ghats, and so is hilly in character and for the most part covered with jungle, though a great quantity of this has been destroyed. The main road to the Jeypore estate from the low country passes through