Tilda

Tilda lies north of Raipur on the Chhattisgarh plain, in the country drained by the Mahanadi and its tributaries. The surrounding region formed part of Dakshina Kosala and later belonged to the Kalachuri kingdom centred on Raipur. In the eighteenth century the expansion of the Bhonsles of Nagpur brought the plain under Maratha authority. The land between the wooded uplands and the rivers has long supported settlements and cultivation.