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lieport 071 ihe Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



their donations, and endowments of slirinc?. The before-mentioned wife 

 of Boji Rao's descendant was delivered of a son, who was named Pan- 

 da Pratana Baji Pao ; great rejoicings were made, and the government 

 was conducted by Nana Farnis. A woman of the same race named 

 Gangi Bliai had a share in the government. The young man on com- 

 ing to 16 years of age was installed, and named Simanclar Baji Rao. 

 He had some English auxiliaries in his pay, and made conquests in 

 the neighbouring Congama and Telinga countries. He established 

 Dou let Rao Scindiah, Holkar Rao, the Guicowar, and also the Bho- 

 sala as subordinate chiefs ; the authority descending to their posterity. 

 He himself maintained a standing army, as stated, of a crore, or ten 

 millions (that is to say a large army). 



The preceding account was written by ^^^joaye of Mysore in A. D. 

 1806; and finished on the 12th April at Poona. 



Remarh.^li will appesir from the above abstract, that the document 

 to wliich it refers is of considerable relative importance towards illus- 

 trating the history of the Mahrattas, from the time of their origin. 

 I would defer stating anything with reference to full translation, until 

 the various documents in the Tamil language, some of them of great 

 length, and much detail, bearing on the history of Mahrattas, have 

 undergone a more full examination by me. The present document 

 can be referred to at any subsequent period. The manuscript book 

 containing it, was damaged and in rapid progress towards decay ; on 

 which account, as well as from the presumed value of the contents, the 

 document has been restored. 



E.-SANSCRIT. 



{Grant^ha character). 



Palm leaf book. No. 236.— Countermark 1044. 

 Chatur Vimsati Puranam, 

 Inv cation. — A brief indication of the contents, then a reference to 

 the author, and to his readers. The Purana is derived from the su- 

 preme lord Paramesrarer ; its virtues and beneficial tendencies are 

 announced. Great virtues of its writer : great advantages will result to 

 its readers. 



The Purana opens with a reference to FrishaVlta Svami, who lived 

 in the centre of the southern portion of the land of Baralha m J ambu 



