A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.189

v1.c7.189

This brief account of the establishments and institutions, will, it is hoped, prove useful to the reader, and his attention is now solicited to one short definition of some importance. All property, or shares of hereditary right in land, or in the district and village establishments, termed under the ancient Hindoo governments writtee,² is now best known throughout the Mahratta country, by the name of wutun ³; and the holder of any such, enjoys what is considered very respectable, the appellation of wutundar.