Administrative System of the Marathas c8.s1.9

c8.s1.9

"The Desai of Karhad was Jagde Rau Rajgardal Deshmukh. He had two wives, they had four sons; Babaji Rau was the son of the first wife. The sons of the second were three, the eldest Ramaji Rau, the second Vithoji Rau, and the youngest, Dayaji Rau. Such were the four (sons). Then the father became old, and they began to quarrel. The father said, "You should not quarrel. I shall divide among you what is yours"; so he said. Then he gave to the eldest Babaji Rau the Patilship and the Deshmukhi of Masur and the villages under its jurisdiction. To Ramaji Rau (and others) he gave four villages, Karhad, Aud and two other villages under the jurisdiction of Karhad. Then Ramaji Rau stationed two barbers of Aud as his agents at Karhad and two clerks, Raghunath Pant and another, for the work of management. * * *