• List of maps; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: historiography and bibliography; 1. The geopolitics of Maharashtra; 2. Marathas and the Deccan sultanates; 3. Shivaji (1630–80) and the Maratha polity; 4. Family responses to invasion (1680–1719); 5 Baji Rao I's northern expansion (1720–1740); 6. Conquest to administration (1740–1760); 7. Centripetal forces (1760–1803); Epilogue (1803–1818); Conclusions; Index.

"The Marathas is extremely detailed and covers a great many topics in the two century period it treats. It is written with an eye to the use that various groups with political and cultural agendas have made of the history of Maharashtra. The story The Marathas itself tells is dispassionate, judicious, and absorbing." Rachana Kamtekar, Chicago South Asia Newsletter

• List of maps; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: historiography and bibliography; 1. The geopolitics of Maharashtra; 2. Marathas and the Deccan sultanates; 3. Shivaji (1630–80) and the Maratha polity; 4. Family responses to invasion (1680–1719); 5 Baji Rao I's northern expansion (1720–1740); 6. Conquest to administration (1740–1760); 7. Centripetal forces (1760–1803); Epilogue (1803–1818); Conclusions; Index.

"The Marathas is extremely detailed and covers a great many topics in the two century period it treats. It is written with an eye to the use that various groups with political and cultural agendas have made of the history of Maharashtra. The story The Marathas itself tells is dispassionate, judicious, and absorbing." Rachana Kamtekar, Chicago South Asia Newsletter

• List of maps; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction: historiography and bibliography; 1. The geopolitics of Maharashtra; 2. Marathas and the Deccan sultanates; 3. Shivaji (1630–80) and the Maratha polity; 4. Family responses to invasion (1680–1719); 5 Baji Rao I's northern expansion (1720–1740); 6. Conquest to administration (1740–1760); 7. Centripetal forces (1760–1803); Epilogue (1803–1818); Conclusions; Index.

"The Marathas is extremely detailed and covers a great many topics in the two century period it treats. It is written with an eye to the use that various groups with political and cultural agendas have made of the history of Maharashtra. The story The Marathas itself tells is dispassionate, judicious, and absorbing." Rachana Kamtekar, Chicago South Asia Newsletter