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He conquered south Kośala in the valley of the Mahānadi, subdued all the chiefs of the forest countries, which constitute the tributary states of Orissa; and the more backward parts of the central provinces, Pishṭapura, the ancient capital of Kaliṅga; the hill-forts of Mahendragiri and Kottur in Ganjam; the kingdom of Manṭaraja on the banks of the Kolleru lake; Vengi between the Kṛishṇā and the Godāvarī; Kāñchī to the south of Madras; Pālakka in the Nellore district; Devarāshṭra or the modern Mahratta country; and Erandapalla or Khāndesh. This would imply the whole of the Drāviḍa country bounded by the Coromandal and the Malabar Coasts. The only place left by Samudragupta for his son Chandragupta to conquer and to annex to the empire was Kathiawar in Gujarat.