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The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was

The Maratha Kingdom under the Peshwas was Correct Answer a confederacy (Mandala or Sangha)

The Maratha Empire or the Maratha Confederacy (Mandala or Sangha) was an Indian power that dominated much of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th and 18th century. The empire formally existed from 1674 with the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji and ended in 1818 with the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao II.

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