Original: K.A. Nilakanta Sastri , A History of South India , p 158 During the period 1010 & ndash ; 1200 , the Chola territories stretched from the islands of the Maldives in the south to as far north as the banks of the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh .
Simplified: The Chola territories stretched from the islands of the Maldives in the South to as far North as the banks of the Ganges River in Bangladesh .