Excerpt from Historical Sketches of the South of India, Vol. 2: In an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor; From the Origin of the Hindoo Government of That State, to the Extinction of the Mohammedan Dynasty in 1799; Founded Chiefly on Indian Authorities Collected by the Author While Officiating for Several Years As I have received a liberal extension of aid in the researches connected with these volumes, and some, of which I am restrain ed from making a particular acknowledgment. A continuation of access to the records at the India House, was greatly facilitated by the kind attention of the late Mr. Hud son, to whose department those records belonged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.