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Revision note: The Marathas: Shivaji, Administration and the Peshwas

  • Rise: Sahyadri forts, Deccan Sultanate experience, Bhakti saints (Tukaram, Ramdas, Eknath)
  • Shivaji: Torna 1646, Afzal Khan 1659, Surat 1664, Purandar 1665 (Jai Singh), Agra escape 1666, coronation Raigad 1674, Carnatic expedition
  • Ashtapradhan: Peshwa, Amatya, Sachiv, Mantri, Senapati, Sumant, Nyayadhish, Panditrao; chauth (1/4), sardeshmukhi (1/10); no jagirs
  • Sambhaji (executed 1689), Rajaram (Jinji), Tarabai; Shahu; Warna 1731
  • Peshwas: Balaji Vishwanath (1719 sanads), Baji Rao I (Palkhed 1728, Delhi 1737), Nana Saheb – Panipat III (14 Jan 1761, Abdali)
  • Confederacy: Gaekwad, Holkar, Scindia, Bhonsle; Bassein 1802; Peshwaship ended 1818
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