At the close of the seventeenth century their state was weakened by internal feudal strife, but early in the eighteenth century a powerful confederation of Mahratta principalities was formed under a supreme governor, the Peshwa.
Vid 1600-talets slut försvagades deras rike genom inhemsk feodal splittring, men under tidigt 1700-tal skapades ett mäktigt förbund av Mahratta-furstendömen under en enväldig härskare, Peshwan.ParaCrawl Corpus ParaCrawl Corpus