History of India: ancient and medieval / Marathas to Panipat and the coming of the Europeans
Shivaji and the Maratha kingdom
Concepts to cover
- Shahji and Bijapur, Afzal Khan, Shaista Khan, sack of Surat, Purandar (1665), Agra escape, coronation at Raigad (1674)
- Ashtapradhan, chauth and sardeshmukhi, ryotwari-type assessment, swarajya
- Fort-based warfare: giridurga, sthaladurga, jaladurga; Raigad, Sinhagad, Sindhudurg
- Sambhaji's execution (1689), Rajaram at Jinji, Tarabai's resistance, Shahu's release (1707)
Where to study
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 19
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 15 The Marathas, pp. 65-86 (printed 61-82)
- Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.2 Shivaji: early career, Afzal Khan, Shaista Khan, Surat, treaty of Purandar, Agra, Coronation, pp. 66-68 (printed 62-64)
- Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.4 Maratha Administration: Central Government; Chauth and Sardeshmukhi, pp. 70-71 (printed 66-67)
- Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.2 Shivaji; 15.4 Maratha Administration (forts and the army), pp. 66-71 (printed 62-67)
- Lesson 15 The Marathas, 15.3 Marathas after Shivaji: Sambhaji, Rajaram, Tara Bai and Shahu, pp. 69-70 (printed 65-66)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations
- ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, pp. 1-11 (printed 94-104)
- ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, Seizing Independence: The Marathas, pp. 8-9 (printed 101-102)
- ch. 8 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations, Seizing Independence: The Marathas (chauth and sardeshmukhi), pp. 8-9 (printed 101-102)
UNESCO World Heritage Convention: India, properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (with inscription years) and Tentative List
- Cultural properties: Maratha Military Landscapes of India (2025)