A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.145
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.145
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v1.c7.145
¹ Polygar in the Mahratta country, means one who has become independent, who refuses to pay revenue, and levies contributions from all those from whom he can enforce them. [Polygar is a corruption of the Marāthi and Kanarese word Pālegār, meaning ‘the feudal holder of a settlement or encampment’ (Kittel’s Kanarese Dictionary). The word is the Tamil pālaiyakkaran, ‘the holder of a palaiyam or feudal estate, and the Telugu palegādu (Yule, Hobson-Jobson, ed. Crooke (1903), s.v. Poligar).]