Human use of landforms on the Deccan Volcanic Plateau: Formation of a geocultural region by Wescoat, James

“…Maratha success led to development downstream at the capital city of Pune (1627–1803 CE), located at a river confluence flanked by mesas, which combined the strategies of previous periods. …”
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A macrohistorical geography of rural drinking water institutions in India by Wescoat, James L., Bramhankar, Rahul, Murty, J. V. R., Singh, Ranu, Verma, Piyush

“…Changing roles of India’s five levels of center, state, district, block, and village government have a half-millennium-long history, evolving through the dramatically different Mughal, Maratha, colonial, and post-colonial contexts. Devolution policies were frequently changed in the colonial period. …”
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Humanizing Urban Waters : Civilian led Water Corps to Strengthen Decentralized Water Systems in Western India by Jagtap, Pramada

“…Pune city in Western India is fertile for this exploration since beneath its dense urban settlement is a ground of flowing waters both surface and subsurface, a culture rich in indigenous techniques, historical waterfronts, stepped wells, aqueducts and water collection tanks. The Peshwa of the Maratha empire dominated a large portion of the Indian subcontinent from 1674 to 1818. …”
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