Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s3.77
Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c41.s3.77
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v3.c41.s3.77
² The ministers of religion were the only clerks amongst this race of depredators, and they were not behind the most illiterate in cupidity, and to say the truth, courage, when required; and as for skill in negotiation, a Mahratta Brahman stands alone; keen, skilful, and imperturbable, he would have baffled Machiavelli himself.