MARTHA ASCENDANCY (Shahu (1707 - 1749)

Shahu (1707 - 1749):

- After Tarabai was defeted at the Battle of Khed (1707), Shahu occupied the throne at Satara & hence began a long drawn civil till 1714.

- Rajaram's descendants & his second wife, Rajabai imprisoned Tarabi & her son Sambhaji II started to rule from Kolhapur.

- This was sanctioned by the Treaty of Warna in 1731 & Kolhapur began to be called the Southern Maratha confederacy.