The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c6.14

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¹ Reis Visinhos, Vol. I, fol. 29. Sen, *Historical Records at Goa*, p. 21. Abbe Carré says that the Portuguese of Daman had stipulated to pay the neighbouring princes a certain sum per year for keeping their turbulent subjects in check and preventing them from committing any trouble in Portuguese territories. In 1673 Shivaji demanded that the stipulated money should be paid to him, and the Portuguese Government was not in a position to refuse payment. Carré was at Daman when Shivaji’s envoy arrived there, but he does not say probably because he did not know, whether the tribute demanded by Shivaji was called *chauth* (Carré, *Voyages Aux Indes Orientales*, Vol. II, pp. 25-32). Prof. Pissurlencar says that in 1684 the Portuguese had agreed not only to pay to Sambhaji the *chauth* of Daman but also *gaokhandi* of the district of Bassein, while Sambhaji undertook to defend the territories of the Portuguese. The extent and the precise nature of Sambhaji’s obligations cannot be ascertained, as the original treaty has been lost and only a short