[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928) › c12.54 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c12.54 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c12.54 - **Language:** English ### [c12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c12.54) ‘They stayed not to weigh or to measure their spoil, They stripp’d off the grain from the sheaves on the soil; Not Chandi was safe, nor Gunputti the wise; Nor Shiwa the ruler of destinies: His Pindi was broken, then who could expect That the pots of the housewife a god would protect? No order was left, every rank was confus’d, Preceptor and pupil were robb’d and abus’d; Every villain, and traitor, and rebel came forth, And stirr’d up revolt from the south to the north; From the south to the north, from the east to the west, From the sea to the Ganges the land they infest; The gold of the rich, the rags of the poor They strip, and the Brahmans they seize and secure; They bind them in prison, and sentinels stand Around them, and tramp on each road in the land. No escape! from the wife of the peasant they tear The pearl-studded jewel that fastens her hair; From the peasant they wrest all his hoarded rupees, The grain from his grain-pits, the food off his knees; If any delays or refuses to give, He tastes such a beating that scarce he will live.’ - [Previous: c12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c12.53) - [Next: c12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c12.55) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c12.54) · Pramāṇa