Administrative System of the Marathas c30.7

c30.7

Army—organisation of the Maratha army under Shivaji, 127-157 ; forts and strongholds, 127-142 ; cavalry and infantry, 142-149 ; spy system, 145 ; arms and equipments, 145-146 ; the feudal forces of the Maratha watandars, 146-147; Shivaji's system of payment to his soldiers, 147-148; his military regulations and their effects, 149-157; the army of the Peshwa, 439-469; its feudal character, 439-440; foreigners in the Peshwa army 440-451; Darakhdars and the nature of their check on the Saranjamis (feudal sardars), 457; cavalry and infantry under the Peshwas, 450-455; advent of mercenary soldiers and want of discipline, 449-451; the Pendharis, 457; their profession of plunder and depredation 457-458; injuries and harm caused to the people by the Maratha army, 458; system of pay and pension to the army under the Peshwas, 459; forts, 459-461; the artillery, 461-464, change in the character of the Maratha army—defects of the system under the Peshwas, 464-469; system of military intelligence, 469-470; the nature and extent of the survival of the conventional practices and principles of the old Hindu tacticians and theorists in the military organisation of the Marathas : Bargir and Shiledar : system of pension to minor children and widows : the Pendharis and chortas, 548-553; Muhammadan influence on the military organisation : Mansab and Saranjam, method of enlistment : system of payment : Mulukhgiri : reward for military services ; pension : branding of horses : the Shiledars and Pendharis, 632-646.