The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c12.98

c12.98

BÁLÁJI VISHWÁNÁTH: Kárkún of Dhanáji Jádhav and afterwards the founder of the Peshwa dynasty, negotiates on behalf of Sháhu with Kánhoji Angria (1713) and invades the Sidi territory, 82; 598; besieged by Chandrasen Jádhav in Pándugad, 598; subdues Krishnaráo Khatáokár and becomes Peshwa (1714); defeats Dámáji Thorát and takes him prisoner; induces Mughal officers to make Poona over to him (1715); takes part in the quarrels at Delhi as an ally of the Saiad ministers (1718), obtains the grant of *chauth* and *sardeshmukhi* of the Dakhan and the sovereignty of the districts south of the Bhima and north of the Vardha and Tungabhadra from Poona to Kolhápur, a part of the Karnátak and the Konkan (1720), 598-599, 626; his death (1721), 599.