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Account for the rise of the Maratha power in the eighteenth century.

  • UPSC 2022
  • The Eighteenth Century

The transformation of the Marathas from a regional Deccan power under Shivaji into the dominant political force of the subcontinent by mid-century was above all a Peshwa-led achievement, built on the vacuum left by Mughal decline and consolidated through a distinctive confederate system.

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  • From Civil War to the Peshwa Settlement
  • Peshwa Statecraft: Baji Rao I and Balaji Baji Rao
  • Exploiting the Vacuum Left by Mughal Decline
  • The Confederate Structure and Its Expansive Logic
  • Zenith and the Limits of the Confederacy

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