Administrative System of the Marathas c30.8

c30.8

Ashta Pradhan Council—its history, constitution, and functions, 39-46. Ranade's comparison of the Ashta Pradhan council with the Viceroy's Executive council examined, 46-49; duties of the Pradhans, 49-56; addition of the Pratinidhi to the council, 56; Pradhans had under them the Karkhanas and Mahals, 59-61; Pradhans assisted by a staff of eight clerks, 62; weakness of the system ; it required a strong and good ruler, 62-64; its indebtedness in the matter of its reorganisation to the works of old Hindu political thinkers, 488-492; it is not a mere imitation of Shukra's institution, 491-492; Muhammadan influence on Shivaji's organisation of the Ashta Pradhan council, 656-657.