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'''''Durgaastamana''''' is a 1982 historical novel by the [[Kannada]] novelist and scholar [[T. R. Subba Rao]], popularly known as TaRaSu.<ref>{{cite book|title=March of Karnataka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_tFje7q5--YC|year=1986|publisher=Director of Information and Publicity, Government of Karnataka|pages=18-19}}</ref> As the name (lit: "The decline of the fort", but to be interpreted as "The fall of [[Chitradurga]]") indicates,  the book charts the downfall of the [[Nayakas of Chitradurga]], a dynasty that ruled there for two centuries. The story follows the epic battle between [[Madakari Nayaka]] and [[Hyder Ali]] of Mysore in 1779, as the latter lays siege to the fort, and the events and political intrigues leading up to it.