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Rulers of India. Madhava Rao Sindhia Otherwise Called Madhoji

1891

Maharashtra meaning the tract bounded on the west by the ocean on the north by the Narbada on the east by the Wainganga and on the south by the Krishna rivers was a Hindu kingdom in the time of Hiuen Tsiang the Chinese pilgrim (64o A. D.) of which* the capital was at Kalyani; or Kalyan near the modern city of Bombay. [...] There was the same awe-breathing distance between the grovelling subject and the exalted despot ; the same sinister contrast between squalor of the cottage and the splendour of the throne ; the might of the monarchINTRODUCTORY 21 was haunted by the menace of the remote rebel and the shadow of the domestic traitor. [...] He had seen the court of the RoSoleil ' the sumptuous Louis XIV and those of the Sultans of Syria and Egypt ; and this is his account of the display that he found at that of the 'Great Mogul.' The king appeared sitting upon his throne in the bottom of the great hall of the Am-kas splendidly apparelled. [...] It is here that we are to picture our young adventurer the uncle of Jankoji Sindhia fighting by the side of his nephew amid the roar of great guns the whistling of muskeballs and the low roar of the rocket-batteries while the cries of the followers of Siva and of Vishnu crossed in the air with those of Din ! Din ! (` for the Faith ') from the other side. [...] CHAPTER III FROM THE RESTORATION OF THE EMPEROR TO THE PEACE OF SALBAI THE negotiations opened by the Quarter-MasteGeneral were conducted by Takaji the officer who had as we have already seen been selected by the widowed daughter-in-law of the son of the deceased Chief Malhar Rao to carry on the affairs of the Holkar clan.
history
Pages
208
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.142250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-4 H.G. Keene view
Preface
5-9 unknown view
Pedigree of Sindhia
10-10 unknown view
Chapter I Introductory
11-33 unknown view
Chapter II Sindhia at Panipat
34-57 unknown view
Chapter III From the Restoration of the Emperor to the Peace of Salbai
58-86 unknown view
Chapter IV Delhi Politics Under the Restored Empire
87-103 unknown view
Chapter V Sindhia’s First Administration
104-131 unknown view
Chapter VI Sindhia and Ghulam Kadir
132-144 unknown view
Chapter VII Sindhia and General De Boigne
145-162 unknown view
Chapter VIII Sindhia in Apogee
163-181 unknown view
Chapter IX Last Days Death and Character
182-204 unknown view
Index
205-i unknown view

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