A History of the Mahrattas v1.c23.70

v1.c23.70

¹ A sort of grain (Holcus Saccharatus) common throughout the Deccan. The meal the Peishwa was making is a very common one in a Mahratta army, and if they have nothing else they do not consider it great privation. A Mahratta cultivator frequently subsists for weeks on the ripening grain, with no other sustenance. [Jowār (Sorghum vulgare), also styled Jowāri (Joowaree), is grown in almost all parts of Bombay except the Konkan. The average yield per acre of jowār is 1,500 b. in irrigated and 540 lb. in unirrigated land. (I.G. Bom., 1909, i. 55.)]