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⁴ S. N. Sen: *The Military System of the Marathas* (Calcutta 1928), pp. 11, 26; J. N. Sarkar: *Shivaji* (Calcutta 1929), pp. 210, 212. The idea of the lowly origin of Śivāji is contested by Bal Krishna: *Shivaji the Great* (Bombay) Vol. I. (1932) p. 4. See the discussion on the Paretian circulation of elites in the section on the "State-systems of the Hindus," pp. 108-110.