[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.c57.75 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.75 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c57.75 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c57.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c57.75) ¹ \[Ashta (Ashtah) is now a village in the Mādha tāluka, Sholāpur District. The battle was entirely a cavalry action, Gokhale having 8,000 to 10,000 horse, and General Lionel Smith two regiments of cavalry, a squadron of the 22nd Dragoons, 1,200 auxiliary horse, and 2,500 infantry. Ashta is chiefly remarkable to-day for a large lake, over four square miles in area, formed by damming the Ashta stream, a feeder of the Bhīma. Two irrigation canals lead from the dam, which together serve to water 18,000 acres. (I.G. Bom., i. 579–80; B.G., xx. 223 f.)\] - [Previous: v2.c57.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c57.74) - [Next: v2.c57.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c57.76) - [Up: v2.c57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c57) ## Cites (1) - [Ashta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.ashta) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c57.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c57.75) · Pramāṇa