Kondasanta

Market village at the foot of the Lammasingi ghat in the old Golgonda taluk. The 1907 gazetteer (p.131) places it at the southern end of the 'line of markets at which hill-produce is exchanged for the goods of civilization' running from Krishnadevipet and Kondasanta in the south to Palkonda in the north; the principal ghat road into the Agency ran from Kondasanta to Lammasingi (p.247). Madras District Gazetteers, Vizagapatam Vol. I (1907), Occupations and Trade, p.130-131: 'In the plain taluks, the greater part of the trade is in the hands of the Komati caste' (Komati = Arya Vysya), with Kapus, Balijas, Pattu Sales and Devangas taking a smaller share and a few Marwaris in the bigger towns financing operations. MODERN ADMIN UNCONFIRMED: the current district/mandal of this village was not verified; it lies in the Golugonda / Chintapalli ghat area on the Anakapalli - Alluri Sitharama Raju boundary.