A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.136

v1.c7.136

Saviour, and is still prevalent to the northward of the Nerbuddah; whilst that of Shalivahan, already noticed, continues in the Deccan. In the Mahratta manuscripts, these epochs have been rather inconsistently adduced as a proof of such a treaty betwixt Vikramajeet and Shalivahan; because as there is a difference of one hundred and thirty-three years, the eras themselves refute the story; unless we suppose that Vikramajeet had prior claims to sovereignty, and that the era was reckoned from the time of some of his forefathers.