A History of the Mahrattas

Written by Scots historian James Grant Duff, this 1826 publication describes the history of the Marathi people in India.

James Grant Duff (Author)

9781108073011, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 May 2011

564 pages, 2 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 3.2 cm, 0.71 kg

One of the many famous 'administrator-historians' of India, James Grant Duff (1789–1858), Captain of the First Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, first arrived in India as a cadet at the age of sixteen. Quickly mastering the Marathi, Urdu, and Persian languages, Duff became well known for his ability to cut through the cultural divide, and was regarded as a valuable resource for the East India Company's expansion of trade. His wide-ranging network of connections enabled him to obtain unrestricted access to state papers, documents and temple archives. Consequently, Duff's history is comprehensive and thorough; it served as the best history of its kind for decades. This third and final volume covers the years 1784 to 1819, beginning with the dispute over Nurgood and ending with the final reduction and settlement of the Maratha territory.

1. From AD 1784, to AD 1787. Tippoo
2. From AD 1785, to AD 1790. Sindia's embarrassments
3. From AD 1787, to AD 1792. Tippoo breaks the treaty with the Peishwa
4. From AD 1792, to AD 1794. An inquiry into the reasons which induced Lord Cornwallis to refrain from subjugating Tippoo's territory, is foreign to the object of this work
5. AD 1794. Mahadajee Sindia's death, an event of great political importance
6. From AD 1794, to AD 1795. Reflections on the preceding details, and on the condition of the Mahrattas as a military nation at this period
7. From AD 1795, to AD 1796. Nana Furnuwees
8. From AD 1797, to AD 1798. New administration
9. From AD 1798, to AD 1800. Disorders increase at Poona
10. From AD 1800, to AD 1802. Death and character of Nana Furnuwees
11. From AD 1793, to AD 1803. Affairs of Baroda
12. From AD 1802, to AD 1803. Events at Poona
13. AD 1804. Reflections on the late war
14. From AD 1805, to AD 1806. The siege of Bhurtpoor commences
15. From AD 1806, to AD 1814. Review of the condition of the Mahratta states
16. From AD 1803, to AD 1817. The Peishwa's proceedings, after being re-established on his musnud
17. From AD 1814, to AD 1817. The Marquis of Hastings assumes charge of the government of British India
18. From AD 1817, to AD 1818. The Peishwa proceeds to Punderpoor
19. From AD 1817, to AD 1818. Pindharees
20. From AD 1818, to AD 1819. The final reduction and settlement of the Peishwa's territory
Index.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]