A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.80

v1.c8.80

In the course of one hundred and thirty years, the territory had been greatly increased by conquests from the neighbouring Rajas of Beejanugur, Telingana, the Concan Polygars, the Raja of Orissa, and others—the governments of all, except Beejanugur, having been almost entirely subverted; but the original four divisions, subject to the defects attendant on old establishments never revised, had been so greatly enlarged, that the governors became too powerful to be either controlled or superintended.