Police System Judicial System Army Cavalry Infantry and Artillery Navy

Maratha Administration under Peshwas (1714-1818) Central Secretariat Provinces Village Administration Urban Administration Sources of Revenue

The Anglo-Maratha Wars (a) The First Anglo Maratha War (1775-1782) (b) The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1806) (c) The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817-1818) Outcome of the Third AngloMaratha War

Peshwa Madhav Rao I (1761–1772) and His Successors

The Third Battle of Panipat, 1761 Circumstances Effects of the Battle of Panipat

Rule of the Peshwas (1713-1818) Peshwa is a Persian word which means “Foremost” or the “First Minister”. Balaji Viswanath (1713–1720) Baji Rao I (1720–1740) Balaji Baji Rao (1740–1761) Carnatic Expedition Battle of Udgir, 1760

Maratha Administration Central Government Provincial Government Revenue Administration Chauth and Sardeshmukhi Military Organization Justice

Marathas after Shivaji

Shivaji (1627–1680) Military Conquests Confrontation against Bijapur Shivaji and Afzal Khan, 1659 Shivaji and the Mughals Shivaji and Jaisingh Visit to Agra Conflict with the Mughals (1670) Coronation Deccan Campaigns Last days of Shivaji

Introduction Causes of the Rise of the Marathas (a) Physical features and Nature of the People (b) Bhakti Movement and its Impact (c) External causes “The religious revival [in Maratha country] was not Brahmanical” in its orthodoxy, it was heterodox in its spirit of protest against forms, ceremonies and class distinctions. The saints sprang chiefly