Arcot (är-kŏt'), a city of Hindustan, once the capital of the Carnatic, is situated on the Palar, about 70 miles southwest of Madras. In it are many ruins, among them the palace of its princes, who were called nabobs. The people are, in the main, Mohammedans. Arcot was taken by Clive in 1751, in the wars with the French, and finally became a British city in 1801. Population, 12,000.
