INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Shivaji divided his kingdom into four provinces. Each province was under the head called Mamlatdar or Viceroy. Each province was divided into several districts and villages.

Detailed explanation-2: -Administration under Shivaji The King was the supreme head of state who was assisted by a group of eight ministers known as the ‘Ashtapradhan’. The peshwa, also known as the mukhya pradhan, originally headed the advisory council of the raja Shivaji.

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.