[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.c7.22 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.22 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.22 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.22) Maharashtra, from its still retaining a distinct language, from its giving name to a class of Bramins, and the general appellation of Mahrattas to its inhabitants, was, perhaps, at some very distant period, under one Raja or Hindoo prince.⁵ There is, however, the Narbadā (scil. the Sātpurā), parallel to the Vindhya chain, and a line drawn from Goa, on the sea-coast, through Bidar to Chanda on the Warda. That river is its boundary on the east, as the sea is on the west.'\] - [Previous: v1.c7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.21) - [Next: v1.c7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.23) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c7.22) · Pramāṇa