A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.55
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.55
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Grose (p. 117) remarks, ‘Many of the aborigines Gentoos . . . retired for shelter to the numerous mountains of Indostan, and there burrowed in inaccessible fastnesses, upon which Aurenzeb gave them the humorous nickname of Mountain-rats.’ Crooke gives this reference, and quotes a statement by Professor J. Sarkar that ‘in 1673, when Pratāp Rāo Gūjar demanded tribute (chauth) from Surat, the Surat officers called the Marāthās “mouse-like hole-seekers.”’ (Fryer’s Travels (Hakluyt), 1909, ii. 59.)]