The Maratha ruler Shivaji ruled his Kingdom with the help of a Council of Ministers called:

 a) Ashtapradhan
 b) Ashtadigajas
 c) Navaratnas
 d) Mantriparishad

SSC JE-2015

Ashtapradhan. Ministers of Mauryan Empire were known as the Mantri Parishad Ashtadiggajas is the collective title given to the eight Telugu poets in the court of the emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya.