Mysuru, city, south-central Karnataka state, southern India. It lies northwest of Chamundi Hill and midway between the Kaveri (Cauvery) and Kabani (Kabbani) rivers on the undulating Deccan plateau at an elevation of 2,525 feet (770 metres). The land surrounding the city is characterized by rain-filled shallow depressions (tanks).
The site was mentioned in the epic Mahabharata as Mahishmati (Mahismati). It was known as Purigere in the Mauryan era (3rd century BCE) and later became Mahishapura. It was the administrative capital of the princely state of Mysore from 1799 to 1831 and long was the second most-populous city (after Bengaluru [Bangalore]) of Karnataka state, until being surpassed by Hubballi-Dharwad in the second half of the 20th century. Its urban agglomeration, however, is still the state’s second largest.
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