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V. 



An Account of the Battle of Paniput, and of the events 

 leading to it. — Written in Perfian by Ca'si Raja Pundit, 

 who was prejent at the Battle* 



BALA ROW, Pundit pradhan, who fat on the Mufnud of govern- 

 ment in the Decan, was considered by the chiefs and inhabitants of 

 Hindoftan as a man of wifdom, circumfpe&ion, and good fortune ; but he 

 aiaturally loved his eafe and pleafure, which did not however lofe him the 

 :refp.e«a and attachment of his people. 



As long as harmony prevailed in his family, he left the entire manage- 

 ment of all the affairs of government, to Sedasheo* Row Bhow, and 

 gave himfelf up to pleafure. 



Sedasheo, from his earlieft years, had ffudied every branch of the 

 ■.art of government, the regulation of the finances and the army, and the 

 conduct, of all publick affairs, under the inftrudtion of Ramchundra Baba 

 Sindbvi, the greateft ffatefman of trie age ; and from the firft watch of the 

 day till the middle of the night, applied to the publick bulinefs : by 

 liis great experience, addrefs, and ability, he brought men over to his opi- 

 nion, to a co-operation in his meafures, and a perfect, reliance upon his 

 wifdom and ability. Several important affairs both in the Dccan and the 

 provinces had been brought to a conclufion by his means ; and at length an 

 expedition was fitted out for completing the conqueft of Hindoftan, under 



Properly Srdd/sva. 



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