Administrative System of the Marathas c20.s2.1

c20.s2.1

As the non-Hindu ruler of the country was required to enquire about the social customs of the Hindus and decide disputed social and religious questions, so the Peshwas were also called upon to decide about the religious rights and customs of their non-Hindu subjects. Thus in the year 1754-55, a dispute (Bhikaji and Rustumji Andharu *vs.* others) about the priesthood of the Parsis was decided by an officer of the Peshwa.⁴