Shivaji and His Times c13.s2.3

c13.s2.3

The treaty with the Mughal empire in 1636 having fixed their northern and western boundaries, the States of Bijapur and Golkonda could find an outlet for their territorial ambition in the south and east only, and during the next eighteen years they conquered much of Mysore and the Eastern Karnatak. The acquisitions of Golkonda in this region included the Kadapa and North Arcot districts up to the Palar river, and all the land bordering the sea from Chicacole to Sadras. Bijapur had spread its suzerainty over the district of Karnul, all the Mysore plateau north of Bangalore, and the Madras plain between the Palar and the Kolerun rivers, *i.e.*, the country from Vellore to near Tanjore. The Bijapuri generals continued to make raids into Tanjore and Madura (1650-1665) without annexing any part of these territories. They held only the Jinji province, where we find three such generals (one of them being Vyankoji) in charge of the government in 1673. [*Ibid.*, iii. 201.]