Lexicographical Neighbors of Peishwas
Literary usage of Peishwas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1881)
"The minister was the founder of a hereditary line of peishwas, who ultimately
became the ... There were also Mahratta leaders, subordinate to the peishwas, ..."
2. India and Her Neighbours by William Patrick Andrew (1878)
"... War—Tippoo Saib—Third Mysore War—Fourth Mysore War—Fall of Seringapatam and
Death of Tippoo—Hindoo Dynasty restored—The last of the peishwas—His odious ..."
3. Summary of Affairs of the Mahratta States, 1627 to 1856 by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"This revolution is known in Mahratta history as the rise of the peishwas, or
prime ministers, to sovereign power. Reign of Maharaja Sahu or Shao, ..."
4. History of the missions of the Free Church of Scotland in India and Africa by Robert Hunter (1873)
"The first of the really supreme peishwas transferred the seat of government to
Poonah, which, in consequence, became the most important city under Mahratta ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"... as the vicegerents of the automatons of royalty whom they incarcerated in Satara.
Yet, if the peishwas had formally attempted to de- ..."
6. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"These ends both peishwas in turn had sought to attain by issuing ... The policy
of the peishwas throws much light upon the political genius of the Mahratta ..."
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