. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . changing his policy,sanctioned aggressive measures on the part of Sindia, which eventually again placed theimportant fortress in the hands of the Mahratta chief. Thus affairs continued untilshortly after the commencement of the present century; when, offence having been givento the Companys government by the Sindia family, hostilities again
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . changing his policy,sanctioned aggressive measures on the part of Sindia, which eventually again placed theimportant fortress in the hands of the Mahratta chief. Thus affairs continued untilshortly after the commencement of the present century; when, offence having been givento the Companys government by the Sindia family, hostilities again broke out, and thepower of the Mahratta received a severe check. At this time, and from the year 1794,when Madhajec Sindia died, the dominions of this important branch of the great robbertribes of India, extended from beyond Delhi on the north, to near Bombay on the south,and from the Ganges to Gujerat; a vast region, acquired and held by means as atrociousas any recorded in the history of India. War having been found inevitable to ciirb thearrogance and rapacity of the Mahrattas, Sir Arthur Wellesley, on the 21st of August,1803, inflicted a severe chastisement upon them at the battle of Assaye (a fortified village [r= Cb ,— !—. toIt -5 N =^ 7=. THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 141 near the junction of the Kailua and Juah rivers, 261 miles north-west of Hyderabad).On this occasion, the force of Sindia and his confederates numbered 50,000 men,supported by above a hundred pieces of artillery. The British numbered but 4,500 men ;and their victory, though complete, vras dearly purchased, for one-third of the con-querors lay dead or wounded upon the field at the close of the sanguinary action. Ofthe Mahrattas, 1,200 were slain. The bodies of the fallen were scattered around in densemasses, and ninety-eight pieces of cannon remained as trophies of British valour. After a series of engagements, the result of each being disastrous to the arms ofSindia, he sued for peace, which was gr
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