[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) › c8.41 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c8.41 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c8.41 - **Language:** English ### [c8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c8.41) ¹ Keating says: ‘It is a business I cannot account for that in spite of every annoyance these people always carry off the dead.’ Forrest, \*Selection from State Papers, Maratha Series\*, p. 228. Forbes observes : ‘Many of the Mahrattas fell in attempting to carry off the killed and wounded, an act of humanity to which they pay the greatest attention. They seldom leave a body on the field, and venture almost to the cannon’s mouth, rather than suffer the remains of a friend to be exposed; out of the number killed in this action only seven bodies were found after their retreat.’ \*Oriental Memoirs\*, 2nd edition, Vol. I, p. 385. - [Previous: c8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c8.40) - [Next: c8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c8.42) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c8.41) · Pramāṇa