[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c52.2 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.2 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.2 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c52.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c52.2) Family rivalry, next to disputes concerning hereditary rights, is always uppermost in the mind of a Mahratta. Jeswunt Rao Holkar, notwithstanding the great sacrifices made by Sindia to induce him to join the confederacy, could not believe that his rival could forget the defeat and disgrace he had so lately suffered; and he concluded that, in the event of success against the British power, Sindia's first object, after re-establishing his influence at Poona, would be a war of extermination against himself. On the other hand, if the tide should turn against the confederates, he imagined, after the power of Sindia had been reduced to the level of his own, he might not only interpose with safety, but attain a consequence so much the greater, as it would be manifest in the event of ultimate success that it had mainly depended on his exertions. Like all the Holkar family, he was a great advocate for the predatory system of warfare, and conceived that it would have been better for the confederates, if they had carefully reserved their infantry and guns under the protection of forts, avoided an action, devastated the Company's provinces, and acted with vigour upon General Wellesley's supplies. - [Previous: v2.c52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c52.1) - [Next: v2.c52.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c52.3) - [Up: v2.c52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c52) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c52.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c52.2) · Pramāṇa