A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.56

v1.c9.56

Under these governments, the country was divided into Sirkars, though not, perhaps, so regularly as by the subsequent arrangements of the Moghuls. The next division to a Sirkar was known by the various and synonymous names of Pergunna, Kuryat, Summut, Mahal, and Talooka,¹ and also by the Hindoo appellations, Praunt and Desh. Khora, Moora, and Mawul have been already described as lands comprehended in the Concan-Ghaut-Mahta, and such parts, from having been generally intrusted to Hindoo management, continued to be known by their ancient appellations.