▁opening ▁up ▁his ▁gra in ▁stores ▁for ▁public ▁fe ast ing . ▁Khan ▁returned ▁in ▁ 1 3 2 3 ▁with ▁his ▁rev ital ised ▁and ▁rein for ced ▁army ▁and , ▁with ▁few ▁supplies ▁left , ▁Pr at ap ar ud ra ▁was ▁forced ▁into ▁submission ▁after ▁a ▁five - month ▁sie ge . ▁The ▁un prep ared ▁and ▁battle - we ary ▁army ▁of ▁O rug all u ▁was ▁finally ▁defeated , ▁and ▁O rug all u ▁was ▁renamed ▁as ▁Sultan pur . ▁It ▁seems ▁probable , ▁from ▁combining ▁various ▁contemporary ▁and ▁near - cont empor ary ▁accounts , ▁that ▁Pr at ap ar ud ra ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁near ▁to ▁the ▁N arm ada ▁River ▁while ▁being ▁taken ▁as ▁a ▁prisoner ▁to ▁Del hi . ▁ ▁Character ization ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁The ▁K ak ati ya ▁base ▁was ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁O rug all u ▁in ▁the ▁dry ▁u pl ands ▁of ▁northern ▁Tel ang ana ▁on ▁the ▁De cc an ▁Pl ate au . ▁From ▁there ▁they ▁expanded ▁their ▁influence ▁into ▁Coast al ▁And h ra , ▁the ▁delta ▁between ▁the ▁God av ari ▁and ▁Kr ish na ▁rivers ▁that ▁feed ▁into ▁the ▁Bay ▁of ▁Beng al . ▁According ▁to ▁R ao ▁and ▁Sh ul man , ▁the ▁latter ▁contained ▁a ▁high ▁proportion ▁of ▁Bra hm ins ▁while ▁the ▁former ▁was ▁the ▁ha unt ▁of ▁" pe as ants , ▁art is ans ▁and ▁war riors ". ▁Under ▁the ▁K ak ati y as , ▁cultural ▁innov ation ▁often