: ▁Under ▁Mah ad ji ▁Sc ind ia , ▁Raj put ▁and ▁Muslim ▁inf antry men ▁were ▁rec ru ited ▁in ▁the ▁Mar ath a ▁Army . ▁Further , ▁his ▁caval ry men ▁had ▁a ▁different ▁uniform ▁- ▁long ▁tr ous ers ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁shorter ▁De cc ani ▁ones ▁Military - Ind ust rial ▁Complex :   F ur ther ▁circa ▁ 1 7 8 4 , ▁Mah ada ji ▁Sh inde ▁established ▁a ▁military - indust rial ▁complex ▁for ▁the ▁arm ies ▁of ▁the ▁Mar ath a ▁near ▁A gra . ▁The ▁ord n ance ▁fact ories ▁of ▁the ▁Mar ath as ▁made ▁use ▁of ▁s oph istic ated ▁ind igen ous ▁techn ologies ▁with ▁more ▁of ▁adaptation ▁as ▁against ▁innov ation . ▁Mah ada ji ▁Sh inde ▁created ▁one ▁of ▁fin est ▁arm ies ▁in ▁India , ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁and ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁it ▁also ▁included ▁a ▁brig ade ▁known ▁as ▁De cc an ▁Inv inci bles , ▁which ▁number ed ▁some ▁ 2 7 , 0 0 0 . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁mention ▁of ▁induction ▁of ▁ 6 ▁p ound ▁field ▁guns ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Pierre ▁Per ron , ▁Mar ath a ▁General ▁of ▁Sc ind ia ▁domin ions ▁( the ▁successor ▁of ▁De ▁Bo igne ). ▁These ▁ 6 ▁p ound ▁guns ▁were ▁induct ed ▁after ▁ph asing ▁out ▁the ▁earlier ▁light ▁ 3 ▁p ound ▁ones . ▁In ▁a ▁bid ▁to ▁Western ize ▁the ▁art illery , ▁circa ▁ 1 7 7