A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.75
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.75
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¹ [Ashta (Ashtah) is now a village in the Mādha tāluka, Sholāpur District. The battle was entirely a cavalry action, Gokhale having 8,000 to 10,000 horse, and General Lionel Smith two regiments of cavalry, a squadron of the 22nd Dragoons, 1,200 auxiliary horse, and 2,500 infantry. Ashta is chiefly remarkable to-day for a large lake, over four square miles in area, formed by damming the Ashta stream, a feeder of the Bhīma. Two irrigation canals lead from the dam, which together serve to water 18,000 acres. (I.G. Bom., i. 579–80; B.G., xx. 223 f.)]