PARAGRAPH FOR PRECIS

The Pindaris generally invade a country in bodies of one thousand to four thousand each. They advance to the frontier with such rapidity, that the account of their depredations, in general, is the first intelligence of their approach. As soon as they pass the frontier, · they disperse in small parties of two hundred to five hundred each.

They are not ‘encumbered with tents, or luggage of any description. They carry nothing but their arms, and the saddle cloths are their beds.

Both men and horses are accustomed to endure extraordinary fatigue. They never halt except to refresh themselves, to collect there, and to indulge their passion of lust and cruelty. They subsist themselves and their horses on the grain and the provision, which they plunder on their march. They carry off everything which is valuable and easy of conveyance; what they cannot carry off they destroy.

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SOLVED PRECIS 

Title:- The Pindaris’ Way of Attack

The Pindaris are strong, sturdy, cruel, and passionate people. They invade a country in groups of one thousand to four thousand each and disperse in smaller groups after crossing the frontier. They do not carry tents or any other material that might prove a burden while marching. They carry costly, light goods and destroy the rest.

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