CHAPTER 
XV. 
HISTORY OF THE MAHRATTA EMPIRE FROM ITS FIRST FOUN- 
DATION, TO THE MURDER OF NARRAIN ROW 
IN 1773; 
AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN 
RAGONAUTH ROW, AND THE CONFEDERATE 
CHIEFTAINS. 1773. 
One part of mankind is naturally curious to learn the sentiments, manners, and condition 
of the rest; and every mind that has leisure or power to extend its views, must be desirous 
of knowing in what proportion Providence has distributed the blessings of nature, or the ad- 
vantages of art, among the several nations of the earth. Dr. Johnson. 
