 After the death of Qasim Khan , his Mughal liaison , Chikka Devaraja sent a diplomatic mission to Emperor Aurangzeb at Ahmadnagar with the intention of either renewing his Mughal connections , or seeking Mughal recognition of his southern conquests . In response , in 1700 , it was said , the Mughal emperor sent the Mysore Raja a signet ring " bearing the title Jug Deo Raj ( literally , " lord and king of the world " ) and permission to sit on an ivory throne " and a " Firangi " Sword from his Palace Regalia , with Gold Etching on the Hilt , to be used as a Sword of State by the Mysore Raja , while sitting on the throne . After the return of the mission , Chikka Devaraja reorganized his administration into eighteen departments , in " imitation of what the envoys had seen at the Mughal court " . When the Raja died on 16 November 1704 , his dominions extended from Midagesi in the north to Palni Hills and Anaimalai in the south , and from Coorg in the west to Dharmapuri district in the east . ( See Map 5 and Map 7 . ) During his long reign of 31 years , he had made Mysore a " secure and prosperous state . " 
