A History of the Mahrattas v1.c8.89

v1.c8.89

Hence arose those kingdoms in the Deccan the subjugation of which for a very long period employed the descendants of Timour, and during the struggle the Mahomedans, whilst exhausting themselves, were gradually exciting that turbulent predatory spirit which, though for ages smothered, was inherent in the Hindoo natives of Maharashtra ;—in this manner, the contention of their conquerors stirred those latent embers, till, like the parched grass kindled amid the forests of the Syhadree mountains, they burst forth in spreading flame, and men afar off wondered at the conflagration.