A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India c21.s2.13

c21.s2.13

¹ Coromandel. This name was applied by the Portuguese to the Eastern Tamil and Southern Telugu countries. It had no well-defined limits, and often was held to extend even as far north as to the Krishnâ river, or even to Orissa. Yule and Burnell adhere to the now generally received definition of the name from *Chola-mandala*, the country of the Cholas (Glossary, *s.v.* Coromandel).