ADONI

city, western Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies 140 miles (225 km) southwest of Hyderabad, on the Madras-Bombay railway route. Adoni was once the stronghold for the rulers of the medieval Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagar. Muslims later controlled it until 1792, when a war between the British East India Company and Tippu Sultan resulted in its cession to the nizam of Hyderabad. A magnificent mosque (Jami' Masjid) was built there in 1680. Adoni now manufactures cotton cloth and carpets. Pop. (1991 prelim.) 135,718.