Sevajee now became the most powerful prince of Southern India. He could muster an army of fifty thousand foot and a hundred thousand horse. Dreaded by the neighbouring potentates, and having raised the reputation of his arms by foiling the legions of Aurungzebe, he determined to satisfy his pride and dazzle his followers by a formal coronation, modelled upon that of the Mogul, in which the weighing against gold and other pompous ceremonies were not omitted. Gifts to an immense value, bestowed upon Brahmins; gave lustre to this as well as to other high political festivals.
From this time the prosperity of Sevajee continued without abatement until his death, which happened in the year 1680, at the age of fifty, and he was succeeded by his son Sambajee. The Princess Rochinara did not long survive him.
THE END.
WOODFALL AND KINDER, PRINTERS, LONG ACRE, LONDON
Frederick Warne & Co.’s
PUBLICATIONS IN
NOVELS, WORKS OF FICTION, &c.
Price 6s. each.
ONE VOLUME COPYRIGHT NOVELS.
In crown 8vo, cloth gilt.
JULIAN KARSLAKE’S SECRET. By Mrs. J. H. Needell.
PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN. By Mrs. J. H. Needell, Author of “Stephen Ellicott’s Daughter,” &c.