The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.34

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The city of Madras lies low on the coast four hundred miles north of Tuticorin, but the chief military station of southern India is Bangalore on the plateau within Mysore. A hundred years ago, when Sultān Tipū of Mysore had been defeated by the British, Colonel Wellesley, afterwards the great Duke of Wellington, was appointed to command ‘the troops above the Ghāts.’ The expression is a picture of the contrast between the lowland Presidency and the upland Feudal State.