A History of the Mahrattas v2.c54.21

v2.c54.21

¹ [In June 1809, according to Broughton, he borrowed 10,00,000 rupees from a rich banker named Gokul Parakh, ‘on rather hard terms.’ At this date the distress in Sindia’s camp was approaching a climax, and the troops were in a state of mutiny owing to non-receipt of their pay. Details of the conditions prevailing in the camp will be found at pp. 146-8 of Broughton’s Letters, &c., Constable, 1892.]