A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.1

v1.c7.1

According to Hindoo geographers, the Deccan, or country south of the Nerbuddah, and Mahanuddee rivers, consists of a considerable number of parts; but there are five principal divisions, named Drawed,¹ Carnatic,² Andur,³ or Telingana, Gondwaneh,¹ and Maharashtra. All well-informed Hindoos talk familiarly of these divisions, but they disagree materially as to their extent. Colonel Wilks, in the absence of more direct evidence, has adopted the best practical rule of ascertaining their boundaries, by tracing them according to the space over which each particular language is now spoken.