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)