Confederation · approximate1674 – 1818 · 144 years
Maratha Confederacy
Overview
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. For most of its existence, it comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states under the nominal leadership of the former and nominal loyalty to the Chhatrapatis who were successors of Shivaji.
Wikipedia: Maratha Empire·CC BY-SA 4.0
Borders & accuracy
A confederation of independent groups; member territories shifted and overlapped, so the perimeter is approximate.
- SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
- DETAILhistorical-basemaps
- SNAPSHOT1800
- POLITY TYPEconfederation
Wars of this empire106
Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.
- World-changing
- Maratha Wars (General)1680–1818Major conflict · 1.0M dead
- Maratha-Mughal Wars1657–1707Major conflict · 500K dead
- Mughal-Maratha Wars1680–1750Significant · 500K dead
- First Anglo-Maratha War1775–82Significant · 200K dead
- Second Anglo-Maratha War1803–05Significant · 100K dead
- Maratha–Bijapur wars1648–77Significant
- Significant
- Battle of Kharda1795Significant
- Third Anglo-Maratha War1817–18Regional · 50K dead
- Battle of Nesri1674Regional
- Battle of Ponda1675Regional
- Battle of Koppal1677Regional
- Regional
- Regional
- Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Kalyan1682Regional
- Battle of Gingee1689Regional
- Regional
- Battle of Satara1690Regional
- Battle of Kanchi1692Regional
- Regional
- Regional
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Cite as: Maratha Confederacy (1674 – 1818). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/e/asia-maratha-confederacy · Sources & methodology