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dominion) of the river.°? In this context, Wodsworth remarked, ‘the country’ (Midnapore and Balasore) ‘is too adjacent and both our people as well as the Marathas so variously interested in it that they would collusively support each other’. He asserted, ‘Mahrattah [of Piply] ... was so insolent’ that he could not prevent them from sending their salt by the route of Jaanpore and other ghats into the EIC dominion.°’ He further reported that the Maratha government intervened to punish the offenders upon his request—however, this trade was a source of revenue for these semi-independent local zamindars, hence their decision to aid the beoparies. The EIC government therefore advised the maharaja of Nagpur, Raghuji Bhonsle, to agree to a mutual exchange of  these districts to prevent the clandestine import of salt into the EIC provinces.” MRA khAnyew Dar hanteirnnn“ DNV xcrecn and Davenrnrl hnnncewn Lleewe nA te thn Killer fLrvenctnyA nvnnc

Figure 1 dominion) of the river.°? In this context, Wodsworth remarked, ‘the country’ (Midnapore and Balasore) ‘is too adjacent and both our people as well as the Marathas so variously interested in it that they would collusively support each other’. He asserted, ‘Mahrattah [of Piply] ... was so insolent’ that he could not prevent them from sending their salt by the route of Jaanpore and other ghats into the EIC dominion.°’ He further reported that the Maratha government intervened to punish the offenders upon his request—however, this trade was a source of revenue for these semi-independent local zamindars, hence their decision to aid the beoparies. The EIC government therefore advised the maharaja of Nagpur, Raghuji Bhonsle, to agree to a mutual exchange of these districts to prevent the clandestine import of salt into the EIC provinces.” MRA khAnyew Dar hanteirnnn“ DNV xcrecn and Davenrnrl hnnncewn Lleewe nA te thn Killer fLrvenctnyA nvnnc