Rampa

Rampa lies in the forested hills above the Godavari country. Its chief was known as the raja or mansabdar of Rampa, and subordinate hill chiefs called muttadars held villages under him. In 1787 a British committee observed that, although the estate was counted within the Rajahmundry circar, neither the Company nor the Nizam received tribute from it. The hill chief's authority thus endured alongside the claims of stronger powers in the lowlands.