Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c53.s2.5

v4.c53.s2.5

"The officers who have lately succeeded to the administration of the Maratha affairs in Hindustan found them in a state of very alarming disorder; the revenues grossly mismanaged or embezzled and the collections so reduced as to be very inadequate to the expenses of Government. The Deccan troops and Hindustani Irregulars mutinous and disaffected for want of pay, and with difficulty restrained from the greatest outrages by the corps under Mons. De Boigne; the tributary Rajahs retaining their respective contributions and preparing to resist the future exaction of them; the Sikhs ready to invade and ravage the western provinces. . .