The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... Maratha armies had not set foot in the Carnatic for over a generation , the Peshwa had a standing pretext for intervention whenever it suited Maratha policy . This was the claim to a quarter of the revenues known as chauth . In 1740 ...
... Maratha armies had not set foot in the Carnatic for over a generation , the Peshwa had a standing pretext for intervention whenever it suited Maratha policy . This was the claim to a quarter of the revenues known as chauth . In 1740 ...
Page 370
... Maratha confederacy from offering a united front to their opponents , though they were not averse from temporary com- bination for any special object which offered a chance of gratifying their personal avarice . In 1794 the renewal by ...
... Maratha confederacy from offering a united front to their opponents , though they were not averse from temporary com- bination for any special object which offered a chance of gratifying their personal avarice . In 1794 the renewal by ...
Page 398
... Maratha state can be given . Lord Valentia ( 1802-6 ) calculated the Peshwa's revenue at rather more than 7,000,000 rupees ; while J. Grant , writing in 1798 , estimated the total revenue of the Maratha empire at six crores , and the ...
... Maratha state can be given . Lord Valentia ( 1802-6 ) calculated the Peshwa's revenue at rather more than 7,000,000 rupees ; while J. Grant , writing in 1798 , estimated the total revenue of the Maratha empire at six crores , and the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Portuguese suzerainty over Ormuz | 12 |
Later governors | 19 |
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