History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c59.s2.7
History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c59.s2.7
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v4.c59.s2.7
The Maratha people's inborn love of independence and isolation was greatly helped by Nature, which provided them with many ready-made and easily defensible forts close at hand, where they could quickly flee for refuge and whence they could offer a tenacious resistance. "The whole of the Ghats often terminate towards the top in a wall of smooth rock, the highest points of which, as well as detached portions on isolated hills, form natural fortresses,......(with) a level space on the summit ......In many of them there are springs of the finest water."