[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.c8.75 # A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.75 A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.75 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.75) The tract, so reduced, remained but a very short time under the sovereigns of the Bahminee dynasty. The structure that had been founded and reared by Alla-ud-deen continued to be built up by his successors; but the pile soon became too lofty to sustain its own weight without a broader basis; and the great addition of territory to the eastward, which was acquired by the victories of Mohummud Shah over the Raja of Orissa, brought on a crisis which could only terminate in reform or revolution. - [Previous: v1.c8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.74) - [Next: v1.c8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.76) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v1.c8.75) · Pramāṇa