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The '''Maratha Empire''', or '''Maratha Confederacy''', was a group of Indian states that dominated much of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th and the 18th centuries. The empire formally existed from 1674 to 1818. The Marathas are given much of the credit for ending [[Mughal Empire|Mughal rule]] in India.<ref>{{cite journal |first=M. N. |last=Pearson |title=Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-asian-studies_1976-02_35_2/page/221 |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=221–235 |date=February 1976 |jstor=2053980 |url-access=subscription |doi=10.2307/2053980|s2cid=162482005 }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28 Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p. 28. "This source establishes the Maratha control of Delhi before the British"]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bXWiACEwPR8C&pg=PA1941-IA82 An Advanced History of Modern India By Sailendra Nath Sen p.Introduction-14. The author says: "''The victory at Bhopal in 1738 established Maratha dominance at the Mughal court''"]</ref>

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| symbol_type            = Royal Seal of [[Shivaji]]

| conventional_long_name = Maratha Empire<br>{{small|Maratha Confederacy}}<br>'''मराठा साम्राज्य'''

| today                  = [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]]

| image_map_caption      = The Maratha Confederacy and its occupied territories during the [[Afghan–Maratha War]] in 1758 (yellow)

| motto                  = "हर हर महादेव"<br />"[[Hara Hara Mahadeva|Har Har Mahādēv]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madan |first=T. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_qMH9PY9fQC&pg=PA360 |title=Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer : Essays in Honour of Louis Dumont |date=1988 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-81-208-0527-9 |pages=360 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Chattopadhyaya |first=Sudhakar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmaewdodLZQC&pg=PA75 |title=Reflections on the Tantras |date=1978 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ. |isbn=978-81-208-0691-7 |pages=75 |language=en}}</ref>

----'''Other:'''<br />[[Religion in South Asia|Other religions in South Asia]]

| currency              = [[Rupee]], [[Paisa]], [[Mohur]], [[Shivrai]], Hon

The '''Maratha Empire''', or '''Maratha Confederacy''', was a group of Indian states that dominated much of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th and the 18th centuries. The empire formally existed from 1674 to 1820. The Marathas are given much of the credit for ending [[Mughal Empire|Mughal rule]] in India.<ref>{{cite journal |first=M. N. |last=Pearson |title=Shivaji and the Decline of the Mughal Empire |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-asian-studies_1976-02_35_2/page/221 |journal=The Journal of Asian Studies |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=221–235 |date=February 1976 |jstor=2053980 |url-access=subscription |doi=10.2307/2053980|s2cid=162482005 }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=aqqBPS1TDUgC&pg=PA28 Delhi, the Capital of India By Anon, John Capper, p. 28. "This source establishes the Maratha control of Delhi before the British"]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bXWiACEwPR8C&pg=PA1941-IA82 An Advanced History of Modern India By Sailendra Nath Sen p.Introduction-14. The author says: "''The victory at Bhopal in 1738 established Maratha dominance at the Mughal court''"]</ref>

The Marathas were a warrior people from the western [[Deccan Plateau]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]]). They rose to prominence by establishing "self-rule of Hindu/Indian people" in their region.<ref>

The Marathas were a warrior people from the western [[Deccan Plateau]] (present-day [[Maharashtra]]). They rose to prominence by establishing "self-rule of Hindu/Indian people" in their region.<ref>

Their power was eventually ended by the series of wars fought against the [[British Empire]]. The first two Anglo-Maratha wars resulted in a victory for the Marathas however the third one resulted in the defeat of the Marathas and annexation of the Maratha Empire in [[Maharashtra]] into [[British India]]. The [[Marathas]] had another opportunity to rebel against British rule and form their own kingdom in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. They joined this rebellion in the hopes of permanently kicking the British power out of India. However, by the end of 1859, the rebellion was crushed and all the Maratha rebel leaders were either executed or went into exile and took refuge in [[Nepal]].

Their power was eventually ended by the series of wars fought against the [[British Empire]]. The first two Anglo-Maratha wars resulted in a victory for the Marathas however the third one resulted in the defeat of the Marathas and annexation of the Maratha Empire in [[Maharashtra]] into [[British India]]. The [[Marathas]] had another opportunity to rebel against British rule and form their own kingdom in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. They joined this rebellion in the hopes of permanently kicking the British power out of India. However, by the end of 1859, the rebellion was crushed and all the Maratha rebel leaders were either executed or went into exile and took refuge in [[Nepal]].

== Maratha Empire Media ==

== Maratha Empire Media ==

File:Joppenshivaji.jpg|Early Maratha conquests, in Shivaji's and Shahji's time

File:Joppenshivaji.jpg|Early Maratha conquests, in Shivaji's and Shahji's time

File:Shivaji British Museum.jpg|A portrait of Shivaji Maharaj

File:Shivaji British Museum.jpg|A portrait of [[Shivaji|Shivaji I]]

File:Sambhaji painting late 17th century.png|[[Sambhaji]], eldest son of Shivaji

File:Sambhaji painting late 17th century.png|A portrait of [[Sambhaji]], son of [[Shivaji]], and the second Maratha ruler.

File:Maharani_Tarabai_of_Karvir.jpg|[[Tarabai]] was the Empress regent of the Maratha Empire of India from 1700 until 1708. A 1927 depiction of Tarabai in battle by noted Marathi painter [[M. V. Dhurandhar]]

File:Chhatrapati_Shahu_Maharaj_hunting_with_his_Peshwa_Balaji_Bajirao.jpg|Peshwa [[Balaji Baji Rao|Balaji Bajirao]] meets [[Chhatrapati|Chatrapati]] [[Shahu I]] by Shivram Chitari {{Circa|1750}}

File:Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath (cropped).jpg|Peshwa [[Balaji Vishwanath]]

File:Maratha British Treaty.JPG|A mural depicting the British surrender during the [[First Anglo-Maratha War]]. The mural is a part of the Victory Memorial (Vijay Stambh) located at [[Vadgaon Maval]], [[Pune]].

File:Peshwa Baji Rao I riding horse.jpg|*An artist's impression of Peshwa Baji Rao I (1699-1740), a Maratha general and Prime Minister to the fourth Maratha Chhatrapati (Emperor) Shahu.

File:Thomas Daniell, Sir Charles Warre Malet, Concluding a Treaty in 1790 in Durbar with the Peshwa of the Maratha Empire.jpg|Peshwa [[Madhavrao II]] in his court in 1790, concluding a treaty with the British

File:Peshwa Balaji Bajirao.jpg|Peshwa Balaji Bajirao, Son of Bajirao Peshwa.

File:2-12th Madras Native Infantry at the Battle of Assaye, 1803. Painting by JC Stadler (1780-1822), c. 1815..jpg|[[Battle of Assaye]] during the [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]

File:His Highness Madhavrao Peshwa.JPG|A statue of His Royal Highness Pradhanpant Shrimant Madhavrao Peshwa, the Peshwa of Maratha India. A memorial commemorating H.H. Shrimant Madhavrao Ballal Peshwa is located at Peshwe Park in Pune, India

File:Peshwa Baji Rao II.jpg|Peshwa Baji Rao II signing the [[Treaty of Bassein (1802)|Treaty of Bassein]] with the British East India Company

 

File:The Maharahaj of Gwalior Before His Palace ca 1887.jpg|[[Maharaja of Gwalior|Maratha king of Gwalior]] at his palace

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== Related pages ==

== Related pages ==

* [[Maratha dynasty]]

* [[Maratha dynasty]]

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