Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s15.10

c18.s15.10

These Darakhdars, severally and jointly, served as a check not only upon the Mamlatdar but upon each other as well. A glance at the following two lists enumerating the duties of the Mazumdar and the Daftardar will show how the Mazumdar supervised the work of the Jamenis, Fadnis and Chitnis, and how the Daftardar while auditing the accounts submitted by the Kamavisdar had to explain every matter to the Fadnis. In the year 1764-65 a letter was written to Vyankat Narayan, Mamlatdar of Dharwar, recounting the duties of his Mazumdar, Ragho Gangadhar, as follows: