Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s1.1

v4.c44.s1.1

The Peshwā Bālāji Rao had assigned to Holkar and Sindhiā equal shares in the *chauth* due from Northern India. At that time these two houses used to send equally large armies on the Northern campaigns of the Marathas, and make equal sacrifices. But after the death of Malhar Holkar (1766), the armed strength of the Holkars had grown less and less, while the power of the Sindhias, thanks to Mahādji's genius, had totally eclipsed their rival's. Indeed, the recent victories over Ghulām Qādir, Ismail Beg, Jaipur and Jodhpur (1788-1790) had all been won by Mahādji’s New Model army.