A History of the Mahrattas v1.c23.43

v1.c23.43

The Jhats,² originally a tribe of Shooders from the banks of the Indus, had a short time before the death of Aurungzebe established themselves in the territory between Agra and Jeypoor. Their chief, Chooramun, attained power during the confusion of the times, and the plunder of the baggage of Aurungzebe’s army is said to have furnished the means of beginning the fortifications of Bhurtpoor. Though situated at such a distance from each other, the Mahratta progress was the cause of the rise of the Jhats, and being afterwards, from the time the Mahrattas crossed the Chumbul, drawn together by mutual interest, a friendly intercourse has for the most part subsisted between them.