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the fupreme command of Raghdnaut Row. 'Mulhar Row HuLKuit, 

 Junkoogee Sxndia, and feveral other chiefs, were ordered to ad under 

 him with very powerful forces. They .accordingly marched into Hindojlan, 

 and with little difficulty reduced every place to their obedience, until they 

 came to the .neighbourhood of Labwe and Shahdowla : here they were 

 oppofed by Jehan Khan and the other, commanders left in thofe diftricls 

 by Ahmed Shah Durrany, whom they defeated and compelled to repafs 

 the At lock. They kept poiTefiion of that country for fome time, but the 

 army beginning to fall confiderably in arrears, Raghunaut Row thought 

 it ad vi fable to return tp the Deca?u 



Upon the return of Rag hunaut'Row, the accounts of his expedition be- 

 ing infpecred by the .Bhow, it was found that a debt of eighty-eight lacs 

 of rupees was due to the army, fo much had the expences been allowed 

 to exceed all the collections of tribute, PifhcuJJj, dec: the .Bhow, who 

 was in every refpect. fuperior to Raghunaut, reproached him feverely 

 for this, andafked him if that was his good management, to bring home debts 

 inftead of an increafe of wealth to the treafury of theilate, which Raghu- 

 naut Row replied to, by advifmg him to try his own fjdll next time, and 

 fee what advantage he could make of it.. Balarow. however interfered, 

 and reconciled them in fome degree, by exculing Raghunaut Row on ac- 

 count of his youth and inexperience. 



Next year .the fch.eme of reducing Hindoflan being renewed, and the 

 command again offered to Raghunaut Row, he declined it, faying " let 

 " thofe have the command, who are well-wifners to the ftate, and who will 

 11 confult the publick advantage." This fpeech gave great offence to the 

 Bhow, and, on many conuderations, he offered himfelf to take the com-' 



