Excerpt from A Voyage to the East Indies, Vol. 2: Containing Authentic Accounts of the Mogul Government in General, the Viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, With Their Several Subordinate Dependances AT this time, in 1730, the government of the De'ck'an was' invefled in the Viceroy Nizam Al Muluck, who was bred under the eye of Aureng zebe, ' and without rebellion had rendered himfelf alm'ol't independent of the emperor, though a fourth part Of the empire was under his jurifdic tion; having {even large territories, extending from Balafore to Cape Comorin, to which he had the indubitable right of nominating feven Nabobs, or governors of provinces, Befides, in all parts. Of India, there are {till extenfive difiriets which have preferved with the Gentoo religion, the old form of government under Indian kings, called Rajah's: fuch are Maifi'ore, whofe capital is Seringapatnam and Tanjore whole capital is of the fame name. There are alfo, among the woods and mountainous parts of the country, feveral petty princes or heads of claim, dil'tinguiihed by the name of Polygars. Theic are all tributary to the Nabobs, and thofe to the vicero'ys; whole capital is Aurengabad in the kingdom of Golconda. 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.