A History of the Mahrattas v2.c39.17

v2.c39.17

The news of Sindia’s success was received by the people at Poona with surprise and joy: a small body of the Peishwa’s troops was sent off to join him as a measure of state policy, to preserve the appearance of the Peishwa’s co-operation and supremacy; but Holkar and Nana Furnuwees were jealous of his elevation, and Sindia at no period of his life was so little on his guard to prevent that jealousy from being turned against him. In the first intoxication of success he so far lost sight of his usual prudence as to make a demand, under the Emperor’s authority, for the Chouth of the British provinces in Bengal.