Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s27.10

c18.s27.10

It is to be noted here that special inducements were offered to new traders to come and settle in the Peshwa's territories. Vithoji Krishna Kamat, a Shenvi merchant, having offered to come with five ships and settle at Bassein as a trader, Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao ordered a palanquin and clothes of honour to be given to him in addition to partial exemption from Zakat.³³ Sometimes when tradesmen were pressed hard for money by their creditors, the government interfered in their favour and induced the money lenders to accept easy terms of payments.