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Excerpt from Ballads of the Marathas: Rendered Into English Verse From the Marathi Originals
Jain writer (71. Journal, B. B. R. A. S., x. 134, during the reign of Satavahana the city of Pratishthan (paithan) became very rich, having wide roads, large temples and houses, brilliantly white markets, strong walls and wide ditches, and Satavahana having freed all the people of Dakshanipatha (maharashtra) from debt, and conquered the country as far as the Tapti, introduced his era into it. Describing the city of Paithan, the writer breaks forth into the following eulogium ''the city of Pratisthana is the jewelled head ornament of the glory of Maharashtra, and is beautified by pleasure giving palaces, and chaityas (temples) cooling to the eyes. ''it contains 68 sacred places for the public, and within its walls as 50 heroes were born, it was called the city of heroes'' (journal, B. B. R. A. Society, x. I 3 Shaliva hana was a patron of learning, and an author, and wrote several works in the Maharashtri language. To this subject I shall revert further on.
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Jain writer (71. Journal, B. B. R. A. S., x. 134, during the reign of Satavahana the city of Pratishthan (paithan) became very rich, having wide roads, large temples and houses, brilliantly white markets, strong walls and wide ditches, and Satavahana having freed all the people of Dakshanipatha (maharashtra) from debt, and conquered the country as far as the Tapti, introduced his era into it. Describing the city of Paithan, the writer breaks forth into the following eulogium ''the city of Pratisthana is the jewelled head ornament of the glory of Maharashtra, and is beautified by pleasure giving palaces, and chaityas (temples) cooling to the eyes. ''it contains 68 sacred places for the public, and within its walls as 50 heroes were born, it was called the city of heroes'' (journal, B. B. R. A. Society, x. I 3 Shaliva hana was a patron of learning, and an author, and wrote several works in the Maharashtri language. To this subject I shall revert further on.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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