Consider the, map given below : The route indicated in the map was followed, during the course of his military exploits, by

The route shown — a north-to-south campaign through the Deccan culminating in Madurai — matches Malik Kafur’s southern expeditions under Alauddin Khalji. Contemporary and secondary accounts record that Kafur marched into the Tamil country, ravaging temple towns such as Chidambaram and Srirangam and sacking the Pandya capital Madurai in 1311 [1]. Detailed narratives note his arrival at Madurai with enormous booty and temple desecration, and that his army returned to Delhi after the campaign [2]. Reconstructions of his campaign route place successive advances from Delhi through Devagiri, Warangal and Hoysala territory (Dwarasamudra) before reaching Madurai, matching the mapped route in the question .

Sources

1. [1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 10: Advent of Arabs and Turks > Military Campaigns > p. 143
2. [2] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 11: Later Cholas and Pandyas > Invasion of Malik Kafur > p. 168