page_title: Ramchandra Pant Amatya
section_title: Adnyapatra
hierarchical_section_title: Ramchandra Pant Amatya / Adnyapatra
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of Arms of Pant Amatya Gaganbavada
context_page_description: Ramchandra Neelkanth Bawadekar, also known as Ramchandra Pant Amatya, served on the Council of 8 as the Finance Minister to Emperor Shivaji dating from 1674 to 1680. He then served as the Imperial Regent to four later emperors, namely Sambhaji, Rajaram, Shivaji II and Sambhaji II. He authored the Adnyapatra, a famous code of civil and military administration, and is renowned as one of the greatest civil administrators, diplomats and military strategists of the Maratha Empire.
context_section_description: Ramchandra Pant Amatya is the writer of  the First book on Politics in Maratha history "AdnyaPatra". This main topics refer to 
  The King and his duties ways of governance,
  How revenue is important for the State
  Importance of the Army and Importance of scholars and experts in all fields
  Education of the Princes.
  Importance of a Pradhan i.e. Prime Minister and his duties
  Policies regarding foreigners i.e. British, French etc.
  Policy regarding your judicatories
  Importance of forts.
  he who has the Navy rules the seas,
  Policy regarding natural resources etc.
  It is said that it outlines the theories and way of ruling of Shivaji. The book is said to be of such high stature that it can be compared to Kautilya's Arthashastra .
  It is said that the book still holds relevance in today's time and can be a guide for a person in administration of a state, such is the richness of his thoughts more than 300 years back .
caption: Coat of Arms of Pant Amatya Gaganbavada
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