Tirupati Estuary

These waters lie off the western coast of India near Mangalore, between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats. Mangalore grew as a port under successive coastal rulers and later became a prize contested by Mysore and the East India Company. Tipu Sultan and the Company signed the Treaty of Mangalore in 1784, ending the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The harbour connected the coast with merchants crossing the Arabian Sea.