Administrative System of the Marathas c20.s13.9

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c20.s13.9

In big cities the police was placed under an officer called Kotwal. His duties included regulation of prices and taking of census. The duties of the officer are enumerated as follows in a document issued in 1767-68, for the guidance of Janardan Hari, when he was appointed to the Kotwalship of Poona:

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