A History of the Mahrattas v1.c21.33

v1.c21.33

³ I have in my possession three accounts of the origin of the Gaekwar titles from respectable sources, all differing from each other, and from the text: after all, I may be wrong, but even in such an insignificant matter, I have spared no pains to be correct. I have seldom given translations of the Mahratta titles, as even the Mahrattas themselves differ in the significations attached to them, and as I know nothing of Sanscrit, I was dependent on the Bramins about me for the few interpretations I have given. Sena Khas Kheyl has been translated, ‘commander of the special band,’—perhaps, ‘leader of the sovereign’s tribe,’ would be more correct.