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[[Dolmen]]s and other megalithic structures have been found in the town's neighbourhood.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} Inscriptions from about 1000–1400 CE are also to be found in many old temples. The Vishnukundinas, a local dynasty, ruled the adjoining areas from here during the turn of the millennium.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} During the medieval era, the hill nearby was the site of a fortress. A four-hundred-year-old Jamia Masjid, built in 1640, is the only major relic of Muslim rule in the town.<ref>{{cite book|author=W. Francis|title=Gazetteer of South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RG2x2xDQ5UC&pg=PA328|access-date=19 June 2012|year=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=328–|id=GGKEY:4Y158YFPNGZ}}</ref> | [[Dolmen]]s and other megalithic structures have been found in the town's neighbourhood.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} Inscriptions from about 1000–1400 CE are also to be found in many old temples. The Vishnukundinas, a local dynasty, ruled the adjoining areas from here during the turn of the millennium.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} During the medieval era, the hill nearby was the site of a fortress. A four-hundred-year-old Jamia Masjid, built in 1640, is the only major relic of Muslim rule in the town.<ref>{{cite book|author=W. Francis|title=Gazetteer of South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RG2x2xDQ5UC&pg=PA328|access-date=19 June 2012|year=1989|publisher=Mittal Publications|pages=328–|id=GGKEY:4Y158YFPNGZ}}</ref> | ||
As per Gazettee No. 939 of 26 January 2022, the old Guntur District, formed in 1904, was split into three districts – [[Guntur district|Guntur]], [[Palnadu district|Palnadu]] and [[Bapatla district|Bapatla]]. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://palnadu.ap.gov.in/history/| title= Palnadu District| publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 27 August 2023}}</ref> | As per Gazettee No. 939 of 26 January 2022, the old Guntur District, formed in 1904, was split into three districts – [[Guntur district|Guntur]], [[Palnadu district|Palnadu]] and [[Bapatla district|Bapatla]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://palnadu.ap.gov.in/history/| title= Palnadu District| publisher= Government of Andhra Pradesh| access-date = 27 August 2023}}</ref> | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||