Administrative System of the Marathas c23.s4.12

c23.s4.12

Thus it is clear that not only was his cabinet modelled on the Mantri Parisads of old, but his secretaries, his eighteen Karkhanas, and twelve Mahals, and even the palaces, council-halls, the officers' quarters, and other buildings of Shivaji's capital formed a link between the Maharashtra of the 17th century A. D. and Mauryan Aryavarta of the 4th century B. C. But these were by no means the only old institutions, others could boast of an antiquity equally remote and could tell a story of slow evolution and gradual adaptation that would interest all students of Comparative Politics.