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“The seeds of domestic dissensions were thickly and deeply sown in the Maratha system under the Peshwas.”

  • UPSC 2025
  • British Expansion in India

The statement locates the roots of Maratha decline not in any single military defeat but in the very structure of governance the Peshwas built — a system whose internal contradictions generated conflict from within, independent of British pressure.

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  • The Peshwa System's Built-In Contradictions
  • How the System Deepened Rather Than Contained Rivalry
  • Consequences for Maratha Cohesion

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