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PED
Ped (pop. 6.127) is largely an agricultural village in Tasganv taluka lying 20.92 km (13 miles) north-east of the taluka
headquarters. Bajri, jowar and groundnut are the chief crops grown.
It was said TO have been granted by Chatrapati Sivaji to one Cafaji Sendage, a sardar in his service, for personal maintenance (1656). One Nathaji Sendage belonging to the Sendage fraternity is said to have held a high rank under the Pesvas, and it was he who built three vadas whose ruins the village contains to the present day. The vadas are to the south, north and the centre of
the village, respectively. None of these are in good repair and the wells inside have gone dry. In the environs of the vada to the north a small settlement has sprung up. To water the elephants Nathaji had sunk a large well and constructed a trough along Tasganv-Khanapur road and though the well, is now filled with earth, the trough is in tact with the figures of sun and the crescent carved in relief against the outside. To the north of this along the road leading to the village is a temple of Sidoba also said, to have been built by Naathaji Sendage. A part of the roof has given way and the shrine is extremely in had repair.
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