UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 1982 · Q8 · 60 marks
Review the efforts made by Shivaji in consolidating his power in the Deccan in the seventeenth century.
- Chapter
- Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
- Topic
- Shivaji and the Rise of the Marathas
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