Administrative System of the Marathas c11.15

c11.15

¹⁰ Whether a map was also prepared we do not know. Everything depends on the interpretation of *dhurang jhad* (Sabhasad, p. 32). The word is unintelligible and Rao Bhahadur Sane gives *durang jod* as an alternative reading. If we accept this second reading the sentence may mean that a bicolour map was drawn. But in those days paper was so scarce that it does not seem possible. I have no knowledge of any map or chart of Shivaji's time coming down to us. For a sensible suggestion about the meaning of the passage see *Vividha Dnyanvistar*, p. 69 (1921).