UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2016 · Q8(c) · 15 marks
Is it true that the court intrigues and weak revenue system led to the collapse of the Maratha empire? Comment.
- Chapter
- The Eighteenth Century
- Topic
- Maratha Expansion, the Peshwas and the Confederacy
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