The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c12.4

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¹ Factory Records, Surat, Vol. 88, fols. 45-8. In April 1675, the English Factors met Shivaji while he was returning from one of his expeditions; he had, we are told, about 150 palanquin with him. The use of palanquin, as a more comfortable conveyance, was continued as late as 1792. See Moor, *A Narrative of the Operations of Captain Little’s Detachment*, p. 81.