Villagers in India sacrificing themselves on the fire to avoid the cruel raiding Pindaris, 1815. The Pindaris aka Free companions were marauding outlaws, irregular Muslim horsemen and often defeated Mughal soldiers captured by Marathas, that plundered and foraged with the Maratha armies in central India during the 18th century. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

Villagers in India sacrificing themselves on the fire to avoid the cruel raiding Pindaris, 1815. The Pindaris aka Free companions were marauding outlaws, irregular Muslim horsemen and often defeated Mughal soldiers captured by Marathas, that plundered and foraged with the Maratha armies in central India during the 18th century. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.

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