[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administrative System of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923) › c15.12 # Administrative System of the Marathas c15.12 Administrative System of the Marathas c15.12 - **Language:** English ### [c15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15.12) Of the other vessels mentioned by Sabhasad the \*tarande\* was a sailing vessel of large dimension; the \*shibad\* was a flat-bottomed two-masted craft without any deck, and the \*pagar\* was only a well smoothed canoe. Most probably some of these crafts belonged to the mercantile navy. It may not be out of place to note here that Shivaji had a strong mercantile fleet that plied between his ports and the coast towns of Arabia. Unlike many of his contemporaries the great Maratha had realised that a strong naval power without a strong mercantile navy was an impossibility. - [Previous: c15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15.11) - [Next: c15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15.13) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15.12) · Pramāṇa