Administrative System of the Marathas c30.90

c30.90

Pendharis—accompanied Peshwa army on every expedition, 457 ; an instance of their sacrilegious depredation, 457 ; they had to pay a duty of 25 p.c. of their entire booty for the license granted to them, 551 ; their long lineage and the basis of their plunder and depredations on the recommendations of Kautilya, Shukracharya and Brihaspati, 551-553 ; their prototype in the Bidari of the Mughal forces, 644-646.