[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.c22.83 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c22.83 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c22.83 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c22.83) ¹ He was defeated by Dummajee Gaekwar, before the battle of Dubhoy, in 1731. ² Eight thousand by the lowest computation. ³ Called Sashtee by the Mahrattas. \[Sāshti or Shāshti (Sashtee) is a shortened form of Shashāsti (Sanskrit Shatshashti), i.e. ‘66’ (villages). The name appears in the form Shatsāshti in a stone inscription of A.D. 1182, while a copper-plate inscription of A.D. 1027 records the grant of a village, ‘one of the 66 of Srī Sthānaka (Thāna).’ (J.B.B.R.A.S., xii. 334, and J.R.A.S., ii. 283.)\] - [Previous: v1.c22.82.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c22.82.4) - [Next: v1.c22.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c22.84) - [Up: v1.c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c22.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c22.83) · Pramāṇa