text:  who lay beyond what might till lately be considered the British boundary) had surrendered the military possession of their territories almost entirely to subsidiary corps under the control of the Company the dynasty of Sindiah alone (though British influence had been more sensibly exercised under the feeble rule of Jankojee than during the life of Dowlut Rao) still preserved its domestic independence almost untouched and kept on foot a powerful army besides the contingent[20] which it was bound by treaty to maintain--the only other mark of dependence being the obligation not to contract alliances hostile to British interests