Administrative System of the Marathas c10.s1.4

c10.s1.4

Chitnis says that Shivaji had about three hundred (300 to 350) elephants, about one thousand (1000 to 1500) camels, from two to four thousand cows and five thousand buffaloes. A glance at the lists given above will show that the Maratha Karkhanas and Mahals were really speaking state departments and establishments and not state owned or state controlled factories.