Later Mughals v2.c15.s10.7
Later Mughals v2.c15.s10.7
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v2.c15.s10.7
The first recorded Mahratta incursion into Malwa was in 1690 (Malcolm’s Central India i. 61n). In 1698 Udaji Puar looted Mandu but did not make any permanent occupation. That work was due to the enterprise of Balaji Vishwanath. A Marathi letter of 1715 mentions that Dabalji Somvanshi was the first to attempt the conquest of Malwa, though the work was rendered easier by the energy of Baji Rao’s assistants Sindhia Holkar and Puar. (Sardesai, ii. 355). [J. Sarkar.]