UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2020 · Q5(e) · 10 marks
Examine the sources of the history of Chhatrapati Shivaji with special reference to Shivabharat and Sabhasad Bakhar.
- Chapter
- Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century
- Topic
- Shivaji and the Rise of the Marathas
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