Note 12 — Chapter XIX
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
Chola was the sovereignty of the western part of the Peninsula on the Carnatic, extending southwards to Tanjore where it was bounded by the Pándyan kingdom. It appears to have been the Regio Soretanum of Ptolemy and the Chola maṇḍala or district furnishes the modern appellation of the Coromandel Coast.—Wilson, Essays, p. 241 note.