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# Administrative System of the Marathas

Administration under Śivājī and the Peśvās: central government, revenue (chauth, sardeshmukhi), village communities, justice, police, finance; Marathi records.

- **Language:** English
- **Date:** 1890–1962 CE
- **Author:** [Surendra Nath Sen](https://indike.org/pramana/person/sen-sn)
- **Extent:** 2,468 passages, 147,861 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** archive.org · 2nd ed., revised and enlarged, University of Calcutta 1925; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite;… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Surendranath Sen †1962); published before 1931: public…

## Contents

- [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c1) — 29 parts
- [c2 Preface to the First Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c2) — 15 parts
- [c3 Preface to the Second Edition](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c3) — 6 parts
- [c4 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c4) — 9 parts
- [c5 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c5) — 1 part
- [c6 Book I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c6) — 3 parts
- [c7 Sources of Information](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c7) — 21 parts
- [c8 Chapter I. Central Government; Ashta Pradhan Council](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c8) — 6 parts
- [c9 Appendix A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c9) — 31 parts
- [c10 Appendix B](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c10) — 25 parts
- [c11 Chapter II. Revenue and Finance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c11) — 18 parts
- [c12 Appendix C](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c12) — 3 parts
- [c13 Appendix D](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13) — 11 parts
- [c14 Chapter III. Organisation of the Military Department](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c14) — 4 parts
- [c15 Chapter IV. Organisation of the Navy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c15) — 15 parts
- [c16 Chapter V. Other Aspects of Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c16) — 2 parts
- [c17 Book II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c17) — 3 parts
- [c18 Sources of Information](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c18) — 29 parts
- [c19 Appendix E](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c19) — 23 parts
- [c20 Chapter VIII. Social Affairs; Prison and Police](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c20) — 15 parts
- [c21 Chapter IX. Other Aspects of Administration](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c21) — 5 parts
- [c22 Appendices to Books I and II](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c22) — 2 parts
- [c23 Book III](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c23) — 21 parts
- [c24 Chapter VI. Army](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c24) — 4 parts
- [c25 Chapter VII. Judicial Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c25) — 4 parts
- [c26 Appendices](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c26) — 3 parts
- [c27 Book IV](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c27) — 24 parts
- [c28 Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c28) — 96 parts
- [c29 Bibliography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c29) — 2 parts
- [c30 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c30) — 165 parts

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