New History of the Marathas v2.c24.102

v2.c24.102

Shahu and Balaji had already come to their wits' end in putting their house in order. Ten years had gone by and they were in no way better off. Internal and external troubles, dissension and treason among their followers, the unstable character of the imperial administration, disorder all round, were eating into the vitals of the small afflicted Maratha nation with hardly any prospect for it to live and revive after the fashion of their revered founder.