[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.c55.60 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.60 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.60 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c55.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.60) The Peishwa farmed his districts to the highest bidder; and those who failed in their contracts were compelled to surrender their whole property with that of their securities; and should all be insufficient, they were thrown into hill-forts and treated with the greatest rigour. On one occasion, Trimbukjee, before his power was completely established, being enraged at some delay on the part of a banker who had become security for a revenue contractor, used him in the harshest manner, and at last ordered the banker to be dragged before him, when he struck him a violent blow on the head, which, owing to a heavy ring on his finger, proved instantly fatal; but, although the person thus deprived of life was a Bramin of respectability,¹ no notice was taken of the circumstance. - [Previous: v2.c55.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.59) - [Next: v2.c55.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.61) - [Up: v2.c55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.60) · Pramāṇa