A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.30
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.30
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⁴ Mahratta MSS. and English Records. The Surat factors particularly notice this incursion, which they suppose was headed by Sivajee in person. They mention his having exacted the promise of chouth, and that he ‘very severely plundered Kurinja, and carried away all the chief men, except such as escaped in women’s clothes,’ from which it is evident that the Moghuls knew by experience that part of Sivajee’s regulations regarding protection to females.