[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administrative System of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923) › c19.s3.t6.15 # Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s3.t6.15 Administrative System of the Marathas c19.s3.t6.15 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s3.t6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s3.t6.15) Boundary disputes between two villages were often settled by ordeal. One of the Patils walked on the right boundary with a cow's hide on the head; here also a fixed period was allowed to elapse for the manifestation of divine confirmation. But the Patil had afterwards to undergo a Prayashchitta for defiling his body.¹⁸ 13. \*Nivad patra and Watan patra:\* - [Previous: c19.s3.t6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s3.t6.14) - [Next: c19.s3.t6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s3.t6.16) - [Up: c19.s3.t6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s3.t6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s3.t6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19.s3.t6.15) · Pramāṇa