CHAPTER VIII

INDIA IN 1803

State of affairs in India in 1803--The Mahratta Confederacy--The Peishwa--Scindia--European Adventurers in India--Scindia’s disciplined forces--Perron--Quarrels among the Mahratta Chiefs--Peishwa takes refuge in Bombay--Places himself under protection of the British--Scindia’s hostility aroused--Mahratta combination against the British--Peishwa restored to Poona--Preparations for hostilities--Summary of campaign that followed 125

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