[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.s9.178 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.178 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.178 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s9.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.178) But notwithstanding the badness of the government the districts below the Gháts were so much better off than those of the Dakhan that they derived considerable advantage from the contrast. There was so little cultivation in the Dakhan owing to the constant movements of Pendháris and armies, and the population of Poona was so large that the Konkan tálukás below the Gháts where the peace was but little disturbed became the chief granaries of the Marátha government. The Nasrápur division in particular benefited by this state of things, and the average price of rice received by the cultivator in the later days of Marátha rule is said to have been as much as two rupees a man.¹ - [Previous: c7.s9.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.177) - [Next: c7.s9.179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.179) - [Up: c7.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s9.178) · Pramāṇa