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A History of the Mahrattas
1826
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A HISTORY OF THE MAHRATTAS11 the source file is missing111 the source file is missingiv the source file is missingV the source file is missingvi the source file is missingvii the source file is missingviii the source file is missingix the source file is missingx the source file is missingxi the source file is missingxii the source file is missingthe source file is missingxiv the source file is mis [...] —Conduct of the Mysore government acting on the suggestions of Hydcr Ally.—Designs of the Peishwa on Bednore and Mysore— prevented by affairs of the Hyderabad court.—Plot for effecting a revolution and expelling the French—particulars of that cospiracy and of the circumstances connected with it.—Murder of Hyder Jung.—Death of Shah Nuwaz Khan.—Flight of Nizam Ally to Burhanpoor.—Bussy recalled [...] THE ORIGIN OF THE MARATHAS The origin of the terms Maharashtra' and Maratha' Mahratta ' is still the subject of speculation nor is it yet clearly determined whether the name of the Maratha people is derived from Maharashtra the country in which they dwelt or whether on the other hand the latter has derived its title from the leading tribes which inhabited it in early ages. [...] the country of the Mahars '—the degraded tribe or :lass which serves the villages of the Deccan as watchmen guides and scavengers.' The accepted derivation of Gujarat from Cujar-rashtra the coantry of the Gujars ' and of Sorath from Saurashtra the country of the Sauras ' doe:: not assist in solving the problem. [...]. The terms Mahratta " and " Kunbi " are synonymous ; the educated and well.to-do portion of the community styles itself (as) Mahrattas while the ignorant and the rural passel under the name' Kunbi though the former is akin to the latter as members of the same caste.' 2 The second deduction that the Maratlitis represent or are mainly descended from the aborigines of MaluirtIshtra seems
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