[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c7.s9.158 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.158 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.158 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s9.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.158) Neither the treaty of Bassein nor either of those concluded in the following year made any difference in the position of the Konkan powers, but the Peshwa had now become to a considerable extent dependent on the British Government, and being supported by them he was able from this time to take vengeance on the chiefs, whose armies were much reduced.⁵ A Marátha force was sent against Suvarndurg on account of the Killedár Hari Ballál Kelkar having thrown off his allegiance, and after an unsuccessful investment a small British force returning from the Malabár coast was ordered to take the island and the ports on the mainland.⁶ The Peshwa's force was encamped at Kelshi, eight miles north of Suvarndurg, and the garrison of the island was said to be 800 men, Arabs and Maráthás, but it was eventually surrendered without resistance, and 200 Native Infantry put in until the orders of the Peshwa should be received. It would appear from all these last events that the fort had not been kept in a proper state of repair, and although both Nána Phadnavis and the Peshwa had followed the old Marátha custom of retiring into the Konkan when too hard pressed above the Gháts, yet neither their habits nor their mode of government led them either to maintain the forts when in prosperity or to turn them to good account in adversity. These strongholds were often made useful as prisons, of which instances have already been given, but neither now nor at the final fall of the Peshwa's power were they found of much use from a military point of view. - [Previous: c7.s9.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.157) - [Next: c7.s9.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.159) - [Up: c7.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.158) · Pramāṇa