Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s3.t4.8

c19.s3.t4.8

We get our third list from a case, Shivaji son of Tanhaji and others vs. Satwaji about the Loharki and Sutarki watans of Khodad in Tarf Narayangaon.¹² In this case also the parties signed a Rajinama to abide by the evidence of the Pandhar, and security as usual was taken from them. The Pandhars summoned were then taken singly and questioned about the past history of the watan after *bel bhandar* (analogous to copper and *tulsi*, तामा तुळसी of Bengal) had been given to them. Here also we find the witnesses divided into two groups according to the fulness or scantiness of their information; and a glance at this list will show how important the evidence of the balutas was in these disputes about watans, and here we find the age of the witnesses given against their names.