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Question
Why did the Marathas want to expand beyond the Deccan?
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Solution
- In order to occupy the Mughal lands and impose taxes on the areas they had overrun, the Marathas wanted to extend their influence beyond the Deccan.
- The Marathas established a highly effective military organization under the Peshwas.
- The Maratha Empire grew between 1720 and 1761. It progressively weakened the Mughal Empire’s power.
- By the 1720s, the Mughals had lost Malwa and Gujarat.
- The Maratha king was acknowledged as the supreme ruler of the whole Deccan peninsula by the 1730s.
- He had the authority to impose sardeshmukhi and chauth throughout the entire area.
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