A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.43
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c52.43
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² [Sleeman records an example of Jasvant Rāo’s cruelty. On October 14 he gave a great entertainment at Kosī, twenty-five miles north-west of Mathurā, while his troops were besieging Delhi. ‘In the midst of the festivity he had a European soldier of the King’s 76th Regiment, who had been taken prisoner, strangled behind the