[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) › c20.45 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.45 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.45 - **Language:** English ### [c20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.45) \*Peshkash\* — ‘Persian \*Pesh-kash\*. Wilson interprets this as literally ‘first fruits’. It is used as an offering or tribute but with many specific and technical senses which will be found in Wilson, \*e.g.\*, a fine on appointment, renewal, or investiture; a quit-rent, a payment exacted on lands formerly rent-free, or in substitution for service no longer exacted; sometimes a present to a great man, or (loosely) for the ordinary Government demand on land.’ \*Hobson Jobson\*, p. 701. - [Previous: c20.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.44) - [Next: c20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.46) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.45) · Pramāṇa