[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) › c30.8 # Administrative System of the Marathas c30.8 Administrative System of the Marathas c30.8 - **Language:** English ### [c30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.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. - [Previous: c30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c30.7) - [Next: c30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c30.9) - [Up: c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c30.8) · Pramāṇa