Administrative System of the Marathas c11.s4.23

c11.s4.23

records have been for the first time quoted there in extenso. The Raja of Ramnagar did not, it should be noted, offer to protect the people of Daman from foreign aggression but it was only the aggression of his own people that he undertook to prevent and Shivaji does not appear to have gone further than that all diplomatic relations with other powers. Moreover, the Marathas never cared to maintain an extra Regiment when they received Chauth from a prince, nor had the amount of tribute any relation to the possible expense that might be incurred in the defence of the Chauth-paying territories. I do not, however, hold that the Maratha statesmen had no idea of a subsidiary arrangement; such an arrangement was made with the Raja of Bundi by the Peshwas, but that was long after the demise of Shivaji.