Ashta Pradhan

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Ashta Pradhan (literally, 'Council of Eight') was the cabinet of the Maratha Confederacy.^[1] The council is credited with having implemented good governance practices in the Maratha heartland, as well as for the success of the military campaigns against the Mughal Empire.