[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c8 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c8: Chapter XIV The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c8 - **Language:** English ### Chapter XIV ### [v4.c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8.1) THE RISE OF THE MARĀTHĀ EMPIRE ### [v4.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8.2) (1707–1761) ### [v4.c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8.3) By H. G. RAWLINSON, C.I.E., M.A., F.R.Hist.S. (Late Indian Educational Service.) ### [v4.c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8.4) Accession of Shāhū . . . . . . . . . . 392 Bālājī Vishvānāth . . . . . . . . . . 393 Bālājī restores order . . . . . . . . . 394 Shivājī's \*Swarājya\* . . . . . . . . . 395 Bālājī's achievements . . . . . . . . . 396 Bāji Rāo succeeds Bālājī . . . . . . . . 397 The founders of Dhār, Indore and Gwalior . . . . . 398 The Nizām leaves Delhi . . . . . . . . 399 Bāji Rāo defeats the Nizām . . . . . . . . 400 Treaty of Warnā . . . . . . . . . . 401 The Marāthās invade Mālwa . . . . . . . . 402 The Nizām returns to Delhi . . . . . . . . 403 Bāji Rāo fails to annex the Konkan . . . . . . . 404 The Marāthās besiege Bassein . . . . . . . . 405 English secure free trade in the Deccan . . . . . . 406 Death and character of Bāji Rāo . . . . . . . 407 Bālājī Bāji Rāo succeeds . . . . . . . . 407 Raghūjī Bhonsle overruns the Carnatic . . . . . . 408 Character of Shāhū . . . . . . . . . 409 Death of Shāhū and succession of Rām Rājā . . . . . 410 Defeat of the Gāikwār . . . . . . . . . 411 Rām Rājā succeeded by Shāhū II . . . . . . . 411 The Marāthās plunder the Carnatic . . . . . . 412 They defeat and cripple Hyderābād . . . . . . . 413 Organisation of Marāthā government . . . . . . 414 The Marāthās in the North . . . . . . . . 415 Ahmad Shāh Abdālī plunders Delhi and retires . . . . . 416 The Marāthās advance to Lahore . . . . . . . 416 Ahmad Shāh Abdālī returns to India . . . . . . 416 The Bhāo Sāhib takes the field . . . . . . . . 417 The Marāthās occupy Delhi . . . . . . . . 418 Start of the campaign against the Muslims . . . . . . 419 The Marāthā intrenchment near Pānīpat . . . . . . 420 Blockade of the Marāthā camp . . . . . . . . 421 ### [v4.c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8.5) The Marāthās issue forth . . . . . . . . . . 422 Battle of Pānīpat . . . . . . . . . . 423 Slaughter of the Marāthās . . . . . . . . . 424 Completeness of the defeat . . . . . . . . . 425 Note on Marāthī literature . . . . . . . . . 426–7 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c8) · Pramāṇa