A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.127

v1.c9.127

Up to this period, since the first conquest of the country, we find little trace of the Hindoo natives of Maharashtra in Mahomedan history ³ ; their leaders and their nation are almost nameless, but we shall now see them fast rising into consequence, and it therefore becomes necessary to enter a little more fully into the detail of events which immediately preceded the rise of Sivajee.