A History of the Mahrattas v1.c24.89
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c24.89
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¹ Shao had some wit, and his reply to a letter received about this time from Raja Jey Sing, of Jeypoor, shows that he retained it to the last. The Raja asks what he had performed for the Hindoo faith, and what charities he had bestowed; ‘I have,’ replies Shao, ‘conquered from the Mussulmans the whole country from Rameshwur to Delhi, and I have given it to the Bramins.’