The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c4.13

c4.13

The arms and equipment of the Maratha army were of a heterogeneous character. While they adopted new arms they did not reject the old ones. Consequently the weapons used by the Maratha soldiers represented all stages of civilisation, and some of them were certainly handed down from the early stone age. In the battle of Udgir bows and arrows were employed with matchlocks and muskets and among the missiles hat dhonda or stones are mentioned.