UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2019 · Q8(c) · 15 marks
Shivaji was not merely a military conqueror but also was an enlightened ruler. Discuss.
- Chapter
- Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
- Topic
- Shivaji and the Rise of the Marathas
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