History of India . red pepper; and hence it is that, owing tothe irascibility of their tempers, gentleness is nevermet with in their dispositions. The ordinary dress worn by these people comprisesa turban, tunic, selah (loosemantle), and the janghiah(short drawers). Amongtheir horses are manymares, and among the of-fensive weapons used bythis tribe there are but fewfirearms, most of the menbeing armed with swords,spears, or arrows system of militaryservice established amongthem is this: each man,according to his grade,receives a fixed salary in cash and clothes every call
History of India . red pepper; and hence it is that, owing tothe irascibility of their tempers, gentleness is nevermet with in their dispositions. The ordinary dress worn by these people comprisesa turban, tunic, selah (loosemantle), and the janghiah(short drawers). Amongtheir horses are manymares, and among the of-fensive weapons used bythis tribe there are but fewfirearms, most of the menbeing armed with swords,spears, or arrows system of militaryservice established amongthem is this: each man,according to his grade,receives a fixed salary in cash and clothes every call their stables pdgali, and the horsemen whobelong to a superior officer are styled hdrglrs. When Baji Eao, in the year 1153 a. h. (1740 a. d.),on the banks of the river Narbada, bore the burden ofhis existence to the shores of nonentity, his son, BalajiRao, became his successor, and, after the manner of hisfather, engaged vigorously in the prosecution of hos-tilities, the organization and equipment of a large army,. A BRAHMAN. ACCESSION OF BALAJI EAO 225 and the preparation of all the munitions of war. Hisson continued to pass his days, sometimes at war, andat other times at peace, with the Nawab Asaf Jah. Atlength, in the year 1163 (1750 a. d.), Sahu Rao, the suc-cessor of Sambhaji, passed away, and the supreme au-thority departed out of the direct line of the Rao selected another individual of that family,in place of Sahus son, to occupy the post of Raja, andseated him on the throne, while he reserved for himselfthe entire administration of all the affairs of the king-dom. Having then degraded the ancient chieftains fromthe lofty position they had held, he denuded them oftheir dignity and influence, and began aggrandizing theKonkani Brahmans, who were of the same caste as him-seK, He also constituted his cousin, Sadasheo Rao,commonly called Bhao Rao, his chief agent and primeminister. The individual in question was of acuteunderstanding and thoroughly
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