Administrative System of the Marathas c18.s4.24

c18.s4.24

The Supekar Pawars also claim the same right of managing their saranjam without any interference from the Peshwa.³³ Numerous other instances could be cited of similar claims. The villages over which these Sardars ruled, were self-contained units, and their democratic institutions remained unaffected and undisturbed till the lax supervision of the Peshwa's government was replaced by the more centralised and more efficient administration of the English. A detailed description of the village institutions, we should postpone for the present and try to understand the general structure of the Maratha government.