The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s9.180

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Chatursing, brother of the Rája of Sátára, had for several years carried on predatory operations against the Peshwa's government, but he was taken prisoner in 1812 by Trimbakji Dengla, who seduced him to a conference, and was confined until his death in 1818 in the fort of Kángori, where two European officers were also imprisoned in 1817. After Chatursing's imprisonment an impostor carried on the rebellion in his name, and the Rámoshis under him were very active in taking forts and plundering the country. Troops were constantly out after them, but they were never suppressed as long as the Peshwa's government lasted, and the districts of Suvarndurg and Anjanvel are said to have suffered particularly from their raids.² In the beginning of 1817 three or four distinct bodies of Pendháris descended into the Konkan intending to sweep the whole coast as far as Surat. One band completely sacked some large villages near Suvarndurg; another body plundered Mahád in February, but did not venture to attack Dásgaon which was defended by a body of invalids.³ At the same time a body of six or seven hundred was at Panwel, and either this or another force of them advanced as far as Bhiwndi, but were prevented by the rivers from entering the rich coast districts of Bassein and Máhím. They however marched by Asheri to Tárápur and from there up to the Portuguese frontier, the inhabitants of course fleeing before them, and at Bordi, a rich coast village, only a few of the latter had come back in the following year.⁴