Glimpses of Maratha Socio-economic HistoryThe Book Deals With The Administra¬Tion And Economic Life Of The People In The Southern Maratha Country Which Was Generally Situated Between The Krishna And Tungabhadra Rivers, Mostly In North Karnataka During The Wlaratha Period. This Region Had An Admixture Of Vijayanagara, Adilshahi, Maratha And Indigenous Systems Of Administration. The Author Has For The First Time Made A Searching Analysis Of The Maratha Rule In This Region, Basing His Conclusions On A Study Of The Primary Documents Lying Scattered In Various Archives.This Book Explains The Administrative System Obtaining In This Area Under The Marathas, Focuses Our Attention On The Land Revenue System, Highlights The Commercial Activities, And Brings Into Relief The Monetary System In The Southern Maratha Country.A Special Feature Of The Book Is That It Gives Four Important Examples To Illustrate The Administrative And Land Systems Of The Land, Besides Giving Two Appendices To Chapter Ii Which Make The Subject Matter More Explicit.The Importance Of The Book Is Further Enhanced By Two Maps, One On The Southern Maratha Country Itself, And The Other On The Nargund-Ramdurg Principality Showing All The Intricacies Of The Situation Of This Double Princi¬Pality Which Occupied An Important Place In This Area.The Region Was Honey-Combed With Numerous Jagirs, Desgats, Samsthans And Saranjams Scattered In Different Places And Ruled Or Enjoyed By Princes, Desais, Nadgaudas And Saranjamdars Such As The Patwardhans, The Rastes, The Ghorpades, The Bhaves And The Like. It Is Thus A Highly Intricate Study Of A Strange Complex Of Different Territories Under Different Rulers Or Administrators Called By A Common Name Of Southern Maratha Country.Briefly, It Gives Us A Clear Picture Of The Complicated Power Structure, Complex Administrative System, Intri¬Guing Land System With Its Queer Land Terms And Minute Revenue Figures And Finally The Trading And Financial Acti¬Vities Of The People In The Southern Maratha Country Under The Marathas. |
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Adilshahs administrative ainat Azamnagar Bankapur Bedars bele Belgaum bighas Bijapur Bombay bons Brahmins caste Caste-man celebrated chali lands chigars coins cremated their dead custom Daftar Daptardar deities Desai Dharwad Dikshit dined Doab excommunicated festivals Gadag goddess Gokak Govind granted guttige lands Hangal Haveri hons Hubli Hunvi inam land inam villages Inamdars Ishwar Jangam Kaifiyat Kalghatgi Kamavisdar Kanakagiri Kannada Karnatak Karnataka Karyat Kerur khalsa Khan Kittur Kolhapur Konnur Krishna kurgis lagna Lakshmeshwar land tax landholders Linga Lingayats Mahals Mahars Mangs marriage mars of land Maruti masab Mauje Modi documents Mohtarfa Muslims Nadgauda Namadharis Nargund Navalgund Nawab occupation Pargana patti Peshwa Peth Phadnis Prant priest Pune Qasba Ramchandra Ramdurg Rattihalli Redars remarriage revenue rules rupees Samat Sarkar Savanur Shaikh Shaivas shendi Shrivaishnava Acharya Southern Maratha Country sub-castes Swami Taleband Taluka Tarf teravu Tilavalli Torgal types of land Uppars Vaishnavas varahas Varsasanas Venkoba Vijayanagara Voddas worshipped Yellavva Yogirao