The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c12.25

c12.25

The privates and their officers had with them their wives and concubines, and dancing girls, jugglers and other women of doubtful character frequented the camp as a place most suitable for their profession. Nor did the *bazar* lack wine stalls and *arrack* shops, so that the votaries of Comus could spend their evenings in a manner most congenial to them but not conducive to discipline in a camp where it was particularly slack.¹