A history of the Deccan . the establishment ofa new Kingdom in the Deccan and the persons are intimatelyconnected with Deccan affairs it has been deemed advisableto relate the incidents at some length, especially as the periodreferred to is very summarily treated in the usual histories. After the fall of Golconda, Aurungzebe was free to turnhis attention to the Mahrattas. Mr. Stanley Lane Pool seemsto think that the conquest of the Deccan kingdoms waschiefly intended as the first step towards the destruction ofthis nation of robbers and freebooters, since with their fallthe large subsidies pai
A history of the Deccan . the establishment ofa new Kingdom in the Deccan and the persons are intimatelyconnected with Deccan affairs it has been deemed advisableto relate the incidents at some length, especially as the periodreferred to is very summarily treated in the usual histories. After the fall of Golconda, Aurungzebe was free to turnhis attention to the Mahrattas. Mr. Stanley Lane Pool seemsto think that the conquest of the Deccan kingdoms waschiefly intended as the first step towards the destruction ofthis nation of robbers and freebooters, since with their fallthe large subsidies paid by them to the Mahrattas wouldcease. Accordingly a governor was placed in charge ofHyderabad and Golconda, and the Emperor marched west-wards in order to finally crush that hell-dog Sambajee. Atfirst the Emperors arms were everywhere successful. Thewhole of the territories belonging to Bijapur and Golcondawere taken possession of by his generals down as far southas Tanjore. So great was the respect shown to the Emperors. AsAF Jaii (from an old picture), THE KING-MAKERS. 315 authority that it was the custom of liis generals to send oneof his slippers placed on a splendid howdah, carried by anelephant in gorgeous trappings and conducted by a force ofcavalry and infantry. Wlien the slipjjcr arrived at the capitalof a native Prince he was expected to meet the slipper out-side his capital and conduct it, followed by his nobles andtroops with their ensigns lowered, to the Durbar hall in thePalace. There the slipper was placed upon the throne andthe Prince himself had to pay it obeisance. This having beendone, the general in charge was presented with costly presents,the tribute money was sent to him in sealed bags, and theslipper marched on in state to the next kingdom, where asimilar pageant was gone through. On the occasion of aceremonial procession of this kind soon after the accession ofa new king (Runga-Kistna-Naicker, circa 1698) * the slipper,accompanied by twelve thousand ca
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