Administrative System of the Marathas c7.s6.4

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c7.s6.4

Robert Orme wrote his *Fragments* long after Shivaji's death. But all that he learnt of the great Maratha ruler were popular legends. These were reproduced by John Bruce, Esq., M.P. and F.R.S., Keeper of His Majesty's State-papers and Historiographer to the Hon'ble East India Company, in his *Annals of the East India Company*. Both Orme and Bruce failed to give any account of the administrative system of Shivaji. What their version of political history is worth, will be evident from the following account of the night attack on Shaista Khan :

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