What does the term "Kunbis" refer to in the context of Maratha society?
A group of peasant-pastoralists
In Maratha society, the term Kunbis referred to a group of peasant-pastoralists engaged primarily in agriculture and cattle-rearing. The Maratha ruling elite often traced their origins to Kunbi agrarian communities, and over time many prosperous Kunbi families rose to Maratha status through land control and military service. This social mobility was a distinctive feature of Maratha state formation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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Important Questions from Maratha Confederacy
Match List - I with List - II taking assistance of the codes given below :
List - I
(Treaties with Marathas)List - II
(Years)1. Treaty of Saibai a. 1782 2. Treaty of Bassein b. 1802 3. Treaty of Surji Anjangoan c. 1803 4. Treaty of Rajpurghat d. 1805 Which treaty was signed as a result of the Third Anglo-Maratha War between the British and the Holkar chief in 1818?
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Arrange the following in a chronological order.
A. The battle of Khurda between the Nizam and the Marathas
B. Death of Nana Fadnavis
C. Death of Mahadaji Sindhia
D. Treaty of Amritsar between Ranjit Singh and the Company
E. The First Anglo - Nepal War
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