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Art. XII.— On the Land Tenures of the Dekkan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

William H. Sykes
William H. Sykes
Affiliation:
late Statistical Reporter to the Government of Bombay
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As an account of the tenures in the Dekkan involves the consideration of certain ancient Hindú offices, I beg to offer some preliminary observations which may possibly assist in throwing light on the former state of the country now called Mahárashtra, and its institutions. The Mahrattas do not pretend to be the aborigines; they have a tradition that they came from the north, and that they are of Rájpút origin.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , July 1835 , pp. 205 - 233
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1835

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* See the accompanying Illustration.

1 As Colonel Sykes proposes to submit the document above alluded to to the Society, it has not been deemed necessary, on the present occasion, to go into the detail of the rights and duties of the Patél.