Administrative System of the Marathas c30.79

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c30.79

Mutilation—a punishment under the Peshwas : its severity compared with that of the criminal laws of England, 394-396; becomes common under Nana Fadnavis, 556; a list of convicts condemned to lose their hands and feet under Madhav Rao II, 556; the antiquity of the punishment, 556-558; Muhammadan practice of mutilation of criminals, 651-653.

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