01-05-2009, 09:08 AM
One should study the behaviour of the kAyastha and khattrI ministers of the later marahaTTA-s like shinde-s and holkars. I think these individuals, although efficient in administration but secularized/de-nationalized after centuries of dhimmitude in service of their Moslem rulers, might have played their part in eventual decline of marahaTTA-s. Anyone aware of any analysis of this aspect?