The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.81

v4.c21.81

When the Marāthās (says their historian) proceeded beyond their boundary, to collect revenue and make war were synonymous; whenever a village resisted, its officers were seized, and compelled by threats, and sometimes by torture, more or less severe, to come to a settlement; money was seldom obtainable, but securities from bankers, with whom all the villages had dealing, were preferable, as they were exchanged for bills payable in any part of India.³