The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.32

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Around the sources of the Cauvery, high in the Western Ghāts, is the little territory of Coorg, no larger than the county of Essex in England. The best of the Indian coffee plantations are in Coorg, which is directly under the British Raj, although administered apart from Madras. Mysore is separated from both coasts by the British Province or Presidency of Madras, which extends through the Gap of Coimbatore.