The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c8.42

c8.42

The State had its own grasslands or *Kurans* for the fodder of the horses of the cavalry while stationed in the country, and compulsory free labour was often employed for the service of the cavalry. Thus in 1775 the services of 323 Mahars, 54 Mangs, 52 cobblers and 10 saddlers were requisitioned from the districts of Poona, Sangamner, Parner, Rahuri, Khed, Junnar, Nevase, Karde, Gandapur and Belapur for such petty work as making ropes and repairing the saddles and bridles for the private cavalry of the Peshwa.²