There is however great reason to believe that many of the bodies of marauders who plundered the country did not belong to the Sindhia Shahi or Holkar Shahi bands of Pindaris, but were portions of the Nagpur army, which, when they could not be paid from the treasury, were allowed in this way to help themselves. The name of Dharmaji Bhonsla, a bastard son of Raghuji 11, is well remembered as a leader in these forages. In this same year Raghuji had been trying to conquer Garhakota, the possession of a petty chief near Saugor, but Baptists, one of Sindhia’s generals advanced to its relief, and routed the Nagpur troops. In 1813 the Raja of Nagpur entered into a compact with Sindhia for the conquest and partition of the territories of Bhopal. After besieging the capital for nine months, the confederates had to retire in July 1814, baffled by the energy and heroism of Wazir Muhammad. Raghuji would have renewed his attempt in the following year had not the Bengal Government declared that this could not be permitted.     Raghuji died in March 1816 and was succeeded by his on parsoji, a man blind, lame and paralyzed. Very soon after his accession the new Raja became totally imbecile, and it was necessary to appoint a Regent. Baka Bai, the widow of the deceased Raja, with his nephew Gujaoa Dada Gujar, for some time kept possession of the Raja’s person and the regency, until with the consent of the Mankaris (Maratha nobles) and the military leasers Mudhoji Bhonsla, the son of the late Raja’s younger brother Vyankaji, and next of kin to parsoji, succeeded in becoming regent. While the issue was still uncertain and after being installed as Regent Mudhoji, or Appa Sahib as he was generally called, courted the countenance of the new Resident, Mr. Jenkis, and was anxious to get subsidiary force, for he knew that there was much debt to e cleared off, and that it would be necessary to reduce the strength of the army; a measure sure to create much discontent. Accordingly on the 28th of May 1816 a treaty of defensive alliance was signed, by which the British were to maintain six battalions of infantry, with cavalry, and artillery, while Parsoji was to pay seven and a half lakhs of rupees annually and to maintain a contingent of 2000 horse and 2000 infantry for the purposes of the alliance. It was, however, found in the campaign against the Pindaris in the cold season of that year that the contingent thus furnished by the Raja was useless. I January 1817 Appa sahib went away from the capital under pretence of visiting Chanda on urgent state affairs. A few days after his departure the Raja was found dead in his bed poisoned, as it subsequently proved, by his cousin Appa Sahib.