Administrative System of the Marathas c25.s3.42

c25.s3.42

The practice of granting a Jayapatra to the winner was well known when Shukra compiled his work on polity, as will appear from his description of the document. "A Jayapatra," says he, "is one that contains an account of the case or suit brought forward, arguments for and against and also the decision." Every student of the Maratha administrative system knows that this is equally true of Marathi Jayapatras or Yejitkhats.