She certainly gave the Captain what the world would call encouragement all the night; listened attentively to tiresome tiger-huntings and stories of the new country; questioned him about his mahratta campaigns, and even hinted at how much she would like an Indian life.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Its philological relations are exactly those of the mahratta, Bengali, and Udiya,-neither better nor worse defined, more or less unequivocal.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
With the first light of dawn they had roused themselves to start anew, lingering out the agony: for the slopes below swarmed with enemies in chase, and even if a village lurked in these heights the inhabitants would give no help, being afraid of their mahratta masters.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch