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of the Madras Presidency. It was applied in no very 

 definite sense, and now has fallen into disuse. In this 

 account it extends from Negapatam to Orissa and in- 

 cludes the Kingdom of Narsinga, which extends from 

 Negapatam to Montepoli, and the Kingdom of Taligana, 

 which extends thence to Orissa. It will be noticed that 

 the writer of this account gives an etymology of the 

 name, deriving it from Ghulia mandel. The true deri- 

 vation is from Chora, the Tamil form of the ancient 

 title of the Tamil Kings who reigned in Tanjore. There 

 is a very interesting account of Coromandel, with a list 

 of the various fanciful etymologies that have been 

 attempted by different writers, in Yule and Burnell. 

 The Coromandel Coast corresponds in extent (more or 

 less) with the Maabar of Marco Polo. 



Cotobaxa : Cottobaxa. — Kutab Shah. Kutab Shahi was the 

 name of a branch of the Bahmani dynasty, which 

 established itself at Golconda. Kutab-al-Mulk, tarefdar 

 of Telingana, founded the dynasty and assumed royal 

 title in 1512. The dynasty lasted until 1687 when 

 Golconda was taken by Aurangzib. 



Dabul (DabJwl) — A famous port of the South Konkan between 

 the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. It lies in the 

 modern district of Ratnagiri about two degrees north of 

 Goa. 

 Barbosa (A.D.1516) writes of it : — 



The Dabul has a very good harbour, where always congre- 

 gate many Moorish ships from various parts and 

 especially from Mekkah, Aden and Ormuz with horses 

 and from Cambay, Diu and the Malabar country. 



Decern — Deccan (or Dakhin) (The Deccan). The name is a 

 corruption of the Sanskrit word dakshina, southern. 

 It is a term generally applied to the high lands of India 

 bounded on the North by the Narbada, on the East by 

 the Eastern Ghats, on the South by the Kistna and on 

 the West by the Western Ghats. The name Maha- 

 rashtra, or the country where the Marathi language is 



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