[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c13.55 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.55 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.55 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c13.55) 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.)\] - [Previous: v1.c13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c13.54) - [Next: v1.c13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c13.56) - [Up: v1.c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c13.55) · Pramāṇa