Administrative System of the Marathas c3.2

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I am very grateful to H. E. Dr. Jaime de Morais, Governor-General of Portuguese India and his Chief of the Cabinet for kindly permitting me to examine the unpublished Portuguese records in the Goa archives and to the Hon'ble the Vice-Chancellor and H. E. the Chancellor of the Calcutta University for their kind recommendation to the generous Portuguese Government. But for the help I received from my friends Prof. P. Pissurlencar of Pangim and Dr. P. Bragança Cunha it would have been impossible to take the fullest advantage of the facilities that the recommendation of H. E. Lord Lytton and the Hon'ble Sir Ewart Greaves and the courtesy of H. E. Dr. Jaime de Morais secured for me. I am also indebted to Mr. A. F. M. Abdul Ali, Keeper of the Imperial Records, Calcutta, for the use of some unpublished English records; and my friend Mr. Bala Saheb Ghorpade of Poona has placed me under great obligation by collecting for my use a number of rare Marathi works. My friend and colleague Mr. Tripurari Chakravarti, M.A., has, as before, prepared the Index. But for the ungrudging help of Mr. A. C. Ghatak, M.A., Superintendent of the Calcutta University Press, it would have been impossible to get this book printed within the short period of twelve weeks. I also avail myself of this opportunity for publicly offering my grateful thanks to their Highnesses the Maharaja Holkar and the Maharaja Gaikwad for extending to this humble work their generous patronage.