[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v1.c7.145 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.145 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.145 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.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. \[Polygar is a corruption of the Marāthi and Kanarese word Pālegār, meaning ‘the feudal holder of a settlement or encampment’ (Kittel’s Kanarese Dictionary). The word is the Tamil pālaiyakkaran, ‘the holder of a palaiyam or feudal estate, and the Telugu palegādu (Yule, Hobson-Jobson, ed. Crooke (1903), s.v. Poligar).\] - [Previous: v1.c7.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.144) - [Next: v1.c7.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.146) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.145) · Pramāṇa