The Marathas, 1600-1818 / Stewart Gordon.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.

xv, 202 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Glossary -- Introduction: historiography and bibliography -- The geopolitics of Maharashtra -- Marathas and the Deccan sultanates -- Shivaji (1630-80) and the Maratha polity -- Family responses to invasion (1680-1719) -- Baji Rao I's northern expansion (1720-1740) -- Conquest to administration (1740-1760) -- Centripetal forces (1760-1803) -- Epilogue (1803-1818) -- Conclusion.