Hyderabad was constantly engaged in a struggle against the Marathas to the west and with independent Telugu warrior chiefs of the plateau called ________.
The state of Hyderabad was constantly engaged in struggle because:
1. It was against the Marathas to the west and with independent Telugu warriors chief (nayakas) of the plateau.
2. The ambitions of the Nizam to control the rich textile producing areas of the coromandal coast in the east were checked by the British.
3. They were becoming increasingly powerful in that region.