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Across
  1. 2. — Revenue demand used by the Marathas in territories beyond their direct control.
  2. 5. — Maratha fort that later served as an important base for Tarabai.
  3. 8. — Regent who led the Maratha resistance after Rajaram’s death.
Down
  1. 1. — Child king whose claim to the throne allowed the Maratha monarchy to continue.
  2. 3. — Emperor who spent the final years of his reign campaigning in the Deccan.
  3. 4. — Region north of the Deccan targeted by Maratha raids.
  4. 6. — Ruler whose death at Sinhagad created another Maratha succession crisis.
  5. 7. — Fortress in present-day Tamil Nadu from which Rajaram continued the resistance.