A Sanskrit prashasti praised the Delhi Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban (1266-1287) by saying that he was the ruler of a vast empire that stretched from Bengal (Gauda) in the east to Ghazni (Gajjana) in Afghanistan in the west and included all of South India (Dravida). People of different regions- Gauda, Andhra, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat apparently fled before his armies.