The Imperial Gazetteer of India Madras Presidency to Multai

On the extreme north-east is the Bengal Province of Orissa ; next (proceeding westwards) come the wild highlands of the Central Provinces; then for a long stretch the Dominions of the Nizam of Haidarabad separated by the Kistna river and its tributary the Tungabhadra ; lastly on the north-west by west the Districts of Dharwar and North Kanara in the Bombay Presidency. [...] Upon receipt of the opinion of the Superintendent of the Geological Survey the Madras Government decided to stop the exploration of the Bhadrachalam coal-fields which was in progress and to await the development of the Haidarabad fields. [...] They conquered for a time the Pandiyas in the south the Chera or Gangd dynasty and the king of Ceylon ; while they added to their territory the realm of the Pallivas and the possessions of the Eastern Chalukyas up to the borders of Orissa. [...] The Pandiyas were still powerful in the south ; the Cholas only the remnant of a nation held the territory about Tanjore and Madras ; the Hoysala Ballilas had a firm grip. on the centre of the peninsula; the north of the Presidency was in a state of anarchy. [...] All-ud-din the second monarch of the Khilji dynasty at Delhi and his general Mdlik Kafur conquered the Deccan overthrew the kingdom of the Hoysala Balldlas and ravaged the country down to the extreme south °besides conquering the chieftains of the east coast.