Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Cities and towns in Kodagu district, Coorg, People from Kodagu, Villages in Kodagu district, Political history of Mysore and Coorg, Nagarhole National Park, Kodendera Subayya Thimayya, Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, Biddu, Kodagu Gowda, Madikeri, Talakaveri, M. Gautham Machaiah, Swami Narayanananda, Robin Uthappa, Jagat and Anita Nanjappa, Nishan K. P. Nanaiah, Daisy Bopanna, Somwarpet, Irupu Falls, C. B. Muthamma, Swami Shambhavananda, Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, R. Gundu Rao, Zulfi Syed, Nidhi Subbaiah, Sulimalthe, Prasad Bidapa, M. P. Ganesh, C. M. Poonacha, Virajpet, M. M. Somaya, Arjun Halappa, Abbey Falls, Kaveri Nambisan, Kushalanagara, Thakeri, Honnamana Kere, Aimangala, Virajpet, Nelliyahadikeri, Badagabanangala, Kudumangalore, Channayan Kote, Mullusoge, Ulugulli, Halligattu, Kaikeri, Kudige, Choudlu, Bidarur, Aiyangeri, Raja's Seat, Abyathamangala, Aigur, Abbimatta, Agalli, Hosakote, Kodagu, Rudraguppe, Shanivarsanthe, Gonikoppal, B. P. Govinda, Abbas Musliyar, P. K. Monnappa, List of Chief Commissioners of Coorg, Prema Cariappa, P.A. Mohideen, K.G. Bopaiah, Ponnampet, Suntikoppa, Madikeri Fort, Siddapura, Kodagu. Excerpt: The political history from 1565 to 1760 of the contiguous historical regions of Mysore state and Coorg province, both located on the Deccan Plateau in west-central peninsular India (Map 1), involves events occurring since the fall of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire in 1565 until just before the rise of Sultan Haidar Ali in 1761. During the height of the Vijayanagara Empire (1350-1565), the Mysore and Coorg region was ruled by motley chieftains, or rajas ("little kings"), each having dominion over a small area, and each supplying soldiers and annual tribute for the empire's needs. Soon after the empire's fall and the subsequent eastward move of the diminished ruling family, many chieftains, ...