UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2025 · Q8(c) · 20 marks
Critically examine the political, military and administrative factors that led to the transformation of the Maratha character in the 18th century. How did these changes influence its rise and eventual decline? 20 Marks
- Chapter
- The Eighteenth Century
- Topic
- Maratha Expansion, the Peshwas and the Confederacy
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