Later Mughals v2.c14.s17.7
Later Mughals v2.c14.s17.7
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v2.c14.s17.7
In religion the Mahrattas are almost entirely Hindu, and the greater proportion belong to the respectable, but far from high-ranking, caste of Kunbis, whose chief business here and elsewhere in India is that of cultivation of the soil. From these Kunbis was formed what was called the Mahratta nation and the first founder of the Mahratta State, Shivaji, was himself a Kunbi. After 1720 power passed into the hands of the Mayors of the Palace, the Brahman Peshwas or chief ministers, whose office became hereditary, entirely over-shadowing the Rajahs of Shivaji's house and line.