INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The administrative council of Shivaji was also known as “Ashtapradhan”. So C is the right answer. The Ashta Pradhan was a council formed by the Shivaji after his coronation. So he divided this power between the eight ministers to administer the Maratha empire .

Detailed explanation-2: -Ashta Pradhan was a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. It was an administrative and advisory council set up in 1674 by the Maratha leader Shivaji. The eight officials were called Peshva, Amatya, Waqia-Navis, Samant, Sachiv, Pandit Rao, Sar-i-nabuat, and Nyayadhish.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shivaji’s system of administration was largely borrowed from the administrative practice of the Deccani states. Shivaji designated eight ministers, sometimes called the ‘Ashtapradhan’ (it was not in the nature of a council of ministers), each minister being directly responsible to the ruler.