History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c40.70

v2.c40.70

A long note was forwarded with the copies of these treaties by Muḥammad Rizā Khān in his letter dated 1st January 1769.² The discrepancies between the Maratha and the Musalman version of these treaties cannot be accounted for. The summary as preserved in the Imperial Record Department appears to be the more trustworthy of the two. There is no mention of the previous payment of thirty-two lakhs of rupees before the treaty and the condition of paying twenty-five lakhs immediately in Persian Records. Such discrepancies also occur in Sardesai's account of the Maratha War of 1741-51 in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. He states about the Maratha incursions into Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa that, “In these provinces the Bhonsles led four principal campaigns. In them Raghujī, Bhāskarpant and Raghujī's son were present but everyone was not present in each of them. The dates of these campaigns are as follows: