Option d is the correct answer. Ashtapradhan was a council of eight ministers that administered the Maratha empire. It was an administrative and advisory council set up in 1674 by the Maratha leader Shivaji. The eight officials were called Peshva, Amatya, Waqia Navis, Samant, Sachiv, Pandit Rao, Sar-I-Nabuat, and Nyayadhish.