A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.144

v1.c7.144

This raja likewise claimed descent from the rajas of Tagara. His country, according to tradition, was reduced by a raja named Singin, also said to have been a Rajpoot prince. The place of his standing encampment during the time his troops were reducing the country of the raja of Panalla, is still shown close to Mahsoorna in the neighbourhood of Poosasaoly, south of Satara. The Raja Singin died before he had firmly established himself, and the territory of Bhoje, Raja of Panalla, fell into the hands of Mahratta polygars.¹ The Concan-Ghaut-Mahta, from the neighbourhood of Poona to the Warna, belonged to a family named Sirkay, whose descendants assumed the title of raja, and to this day rank amongst the highest of the Mahratta nobility.²