A History of the Mahrattas v1.c16.97

v1.c16.97

Sivajee, at the time of his death, was in possession of the whole of that part of the Concan extending from Gundavee to Ponda; with the exceptions of Goa, lower Choule, Salsette and Bassein, belonging to the Portuguese; Jinjeera in possession of the Abyssinians; and the English settlement on the island of Bombay. He had *Thannas* in Carwar, Ankola, and several places on the coast, where he shared the districts with the Deshmookhs. The chief of Soonda acknowledged his authority; and the Rana of Bednore paid him an annual tribute. Exclusive of his possessions around Bellary and Kopaul, his conquests in Drawed, his supremacy as well as share in Tanjore, and the Jagheer districts of his father in the Carnatic, Sivajee occupied that tract of Maharashtra from the Hurnkassee river on the south to the Indooranee river on the north, between Poona and Joonere. The districts of Sopa, Baramuttee, and Indapoor were occasionally held, and always claimed by him as his paternal Jagheer; and the line of forts, built from Tattora to Panalla, distinctly mark the boundary of his consolidated territory to the eastward. He, however, had a number of detached places. Singnapoor, at the temple of Mahdeo, was his hereditary Enam village,¹ the fort of Parneira near Damaun was rebuilt by Moro Trimmul; and his garrisons and *Thannas* occupied a great part of Buglana, and several strong places in Candeish and Sungumnere. His personal wealth was immense; and making large allowances for exaggeration in the Mahratta manuscripts, he had without doubt several millions in specie² at Raigurh.