Administrative System of the Marathas c3.1

c3.1

The first edition of this book received an unexpectedly kind reception from the public and was exhausted within a year of its publication. I could not, however, revise the text until three months ago for reasons I need not mention here, and although much new material has been utilised, no textual change has been possible. I have identified a few more taxes mentioned in Book I with the help of Portuguese documents, and two new Appendices on the Karkhanas and coins mentioned by Sabhasad have been added. An introductory chapter has been added to Book II briefly indicating the nature of the original records on which it is based, and the Military System of the Peshwas has received a more detailed treatment. The new notes on Chauth and the naval practices of the Marathas will, it is hoped, also prove interesting.