Administrative System of the Marathas c27.s3.34

c27.s3.34

¹² Manucci writes about the oppression of the Mughal army: "Besides all these inflictions they have other losses, for when the soldiery passes through they plunder every thing they can lay hands on, cattle, food-supplies, grass straw; they destroy houses to get fire wood and on the villagers' heads they load their baggage, and by dint of blows force them to carry it". Manucci, ed, Irvine, Vol. II, p. 452.