[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.c7.18 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.18 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.18 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.18) ¹ \[Marāthi, in its various dialects, extends to-day nearly across the peninsula of India. In the Bombay Presidency it covers the north of the Deccan plateau and a strip of country between the Ghāts and the Arabian Sea, extending to about a hundred miles south of Goa. It is also the language of Berār and of a good portion of the north-west of the Nizam's dominions. It stretches across the Central Provinces (except in a few localities in the extreme south, where Telugu is the language) and occupies also a great portion of Bastār. (Census of India, 1901, vol. i, p. 314.) The Marāthi-speaking population, according to the Census of 1911, numbers more than 19 millions, of whom 9 millions belong to the Bombay Presidency, 4½ millions to the Central Provinces and Berār, and 3½ millions to the Nizam's dominions.\] - [Previous: v1.c7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.17) - [Next: v1.c7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.19) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.18) · Pramāṇa