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The Marathas and the Telugu country (1677–1818)

Era: Vijayanagara & the Qutb Shahis, Mughals, Asaf Jahis & the British

The Marathas and the Telugu country (1677–1818)GodavariKrishnaCeded to Shivaji 1680Shivaji's march, 1677To Srisailam, March 1677Return by Bellary, 1678HyderabadHyderabadSrisailamSrisailamKurnoolKurnoolAdoniAdoniGootyGootyPenukondaPenukondaGandikotaGandikotaGurramkondaGurramkondaPunganurPunganurTirupatiTirupatiSrikalahastiSrikalahastiNelloreNelloreConjeeveram (Kanchipuram)Conjeeveram (Kanchipuram)UdgirUdgirKhardaKhardaNivritti SangamCuddapahDamalcheruvu passBellaryKopalRakshasbhuvan, 1763BimlipatamPachipenta passN0100 km
  • Unified Andhra Pradesh (pre-2014)
  • Present-day state borders, for orientation
  • Approximate extent
  • Route

Shivaji's march of 1677 from Hyderabad across the Krishna near Kurnool, with his detour to Srisailam, through the Cuddapah country and down the Damalcheruvu pass towards Jinji, and his return through Bellary; the Bellary and Anantapur uplands, whose tribute Bijapur ceded to him in 1680; the Rayalaseema forts the Marathas held at times between 1743 and 1774, Penukonda, Gurramkonda and Punganur; the battles with the Nizams at Udgir (1760), on the Godavari at Rakshasbhuvan (1763) and at Kharda (1795); and the Bhonsle raid of 1754 on the Northern Circars by the Pachipenta pass. Routes and the shaded area are rough sketches.

Historical boundaries are approximate. Base map: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) (public domain).

Sources

  1. Jadunath Sarkar, Shivaji and his Times (2nd ed., revised and enlarged) (opens in a new tab), Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1920, pp. 337–339, 341, 348. [Public domain]
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