Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c8.s4.4

v1.c8.s4.4

On 31st March Bālāji came to the meeting place with Pilāji Jādav, Malhar Holkar and other generals. At the end of the interview the Peshwā was sent back with a present of four elephants, two buffaloes and five horses. It was agreed that the Nawāb would pay Shāhu Rājah the *chauth* for the province besides 22 *lakhs* of Rupees to Bālāji for the expenses of his army, while the Peshwā would effect a final settlement with Raghuji, who would not trouble Bengal in future. Alivardi could not at first provide such a large sum at once, and it was only the Peshwā’s threat to march away leaving Bengal to the tender mercies of Raghuji that compelled the Nawāb to make the payment.