A History of the Mahrattas v1.c19.80

v1.c19.80

A.D. 1715.—The Sur Lushkur returned to the Godavery after quarrelling with the Rajá for not appointing him Senaputtee, and they were never reconciled. The Peishwa induced the Moghul agent,¹ in charge of the Poona district, to make over the superior authority to him, on promising that Rumbhajee Nimbalkur's Jagheer should be respected. He immediately suppressed a body of banditti which infested it; gave his attention to restoring order in the villages; discontinued all farming of revenue; and encouraged cultivation by the usual means of very low and gradually increasing assessments.²