A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.96

v1.c9.96

Bhōslē, Bhonsle or Bhonsla (Bhonslay) from ‘the family fief of Bhosavat in Udaipur.’ The Nāgpur family of Bhōslē is stated in the Central Provinces Gazetteer to derive its name from Bhōse, a village in Sātāra District, nine miles south-east of Tāsgaon. The latter derivation is the more plausible. Bhōse appears in a statement of revenues, printed in Waring’s History of the Mahrattas, p. 240, as a pargana of the Peranda Sarkar, yielding a revenue of Rs. 35,618. It must have been a tract of country, comprising several villages. The derivation from Bhosavat is untrustworthy.]