Sardeshmukhi was an additional 10% of the revenue which Shivaji collected by virtue of his position as Sardeshmukh.
Sardeshinukh was the superior head of many Desais or Deshmukhs. Shivaji claimed that he was the hereditary

Chauth was one-fourth of the revenue of the district conquered by the Marthas.

After the death of Madhav Rao II, Baji Rao II, the son of Raghunath Rao became the Peshwa and was the last Peshwa

All royal letters, charters and treaties had to get the seal of the King and the Peshwa and the endorsement of the four ministers other than the Danadyksha, Nyayadhisha and Senapati.
There were eighteen departments under the charge of the various ministers.

The Deccan wars against the Sultans of Bijapur, Golkonda and Ahmednagar had exhausted the Mughal treasury.

Kanhoji Angre was the most powerful naval chief on the western coast.
During the civil war Kanhoji had supported Tarabai

Serfoji II was in advance of both the missionary and the colonial state, for as early as 1803 in Thanjavur he had established the first modem public school for non-Christian natives.
While Indian rulers often endowed educational institutions of higher learning, they did not establish elementary schools, nor did they administer any schools or colleges.

The Saraswati Mahal library, built by the Nayak rulers and enriched by Serfoji II contains a record of the day-to-day proceedings of the Maratha court - as Modi documents, French-Maratha correspondence of the 18th century.
Modi was the script used to write the Marathi language.
It is a treasure house of rare manuscripts and books in many languages.

The British forced the Peshwa to sign a new treaty at Poona in 1817.
Accordingly, The Peshwa resigned the headship of the Maratha confederacy.
Ceded Konkan to the British and recognised the independence of the Gaikwar

The Maratha military system under the Peshwas was modelled on the Mughal military system.
The mode of recruitment, payment of salaries, provisions for the families of the soldiers, and the importance given to the cavalry showed a strong resemblance to the Mughal military system.

The treaty of Basse in was signed in 1802.
According to the treaty the territory to be ceaded should fetch an income of Rs.26 Lakhs
The leading Maratha States regarded the treaty as humiliating and hence decided to defy it

Chauth was one-fourth of the revenue of the district conquered by the Marthas.
Sardeshmukhi was an additional 10% of the revenue which Shivaji collected by virtue of his position as Sardeshmukh. Sardeshmukh was the superior head of many Desais or Deshmukhs.

Tara Bai was wife of Rajaram.After his death she acting on behalf of his infant son, she despatched an army of 50,000 horsemen and infantry to Hyderabad.
The capital was plundered and, as a result, trade in Masulipatnam, the major port of the region, remained disrupted for years.

The treaty of Purandar signed on 11 June 1665 Shivaji yielded the fortresses that he had captured and agreed to serve as a mansabdar and assist the Mughals in conquering Bijapur

Afzal Khan was sent with a huge army.
He boasted that he would bring the "mountain-rat" in chains. But, he found fighting in the mountainous country extremely difficult.
So, he planned to trick Shivaji but he was outwitted.