Report on the Territories Conquered From the Paishwa Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India by the Hon'ble Mountstuart Elphinstone, Commissioner

The principle, I adopted for the civil administration, being to preserve unimpaired the practice which I found established, this part of my report ought to consist entirely of an account of the Marratta system; and although more changes have been introduced than were intended, that will in fact occupy a very considerable portion of the statement which is to follow.