Linked from

The 38 pages that link to Maratha Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Mughal EmpireCompared with: Maratha expansion challenged Mughal authority and became a major force in the empire’s later fragmentation.

• MaharashtraNarrower topic: Its political and military history links Maharashtra to a much wider subcontinental past.

• Deccan SultanatesRelated: Maratha forces exploited changing alliances and weakened Deccan states during the 17th century.

• Maratha ConfederacyNarrower topic: The confederacy grew out of the empire’s political and military institutions.

• Third Battle of PanipatNarrower topic: Its expansion brought Maratha power into direct conflict with northern Indian coalitions.

• AurangzebRelated: Maratha resistance turned Aurangzeb’s southern conquests into a costly, prolonged struggle.

• PeshwaNarrower topic: The office’s rise transformed the empire’s political leadership.

• ShivajiNarrower topic: The kingdom Shivaji founded supplied the political and military base for later Maratha expansion.

• First Anglo-Mysore WarRelated: Maratha participation and later withdrawal altered the balance of forces during the war.

• DeccanBroader topic: Its rise from the western Deccan turned regional power into a subcontinental empire.

• PuneNarrower topic: Pune became the empire’s principal political center under the Peshwas.

• Bal Gangadhar TilakNarrower topic: Tilak invoked Maratha history, especially Shivaji, in his nationalist appeals.

• KonkanRelated: Maratha power shaped the Konkan’s forts, administration, and coastal defenses.

• Mansabdari systemCompared with: Maratha expansion tested the Mughal military and revenue institutions that mansabdars served.

• Second Anglo-Mysore WarRelated: The Marathas’ shifting alignment shaped the regional balance surrounding the war.

• Third Anglo-Mysore WarRelated: Maratha forces helped turn a British-Mysore conflict into a broad coalition war.

• Ahilyabai HolkarNarrower topic: Her kingdom’s political and military setting was the empire’s eighteenth-century expansion and fragmentation.

• Dost Mohammad KhanCompared with: Maratha expansion competed with the regional powers among which Bhopal took shape.

• Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarRelated: The Marathas were courted as allies, though they did not provide a major force in the campaign.

• Madhavrao INarrower topic: Its weakened but still extensive state was the polity Madhavrao inherited.

• Shahu INarrower topic: Shahu’s reign laid political foundations for the empire’s subsequent expansion.

• Ahmadnagar SultanateRelated: Its emergence reshaped the Deccan political order after Ahmadnagar's conquest.

• AhmedabadRelated: Maratha influence shaped the city during the eighteenth-century transition of power.

• Sultanate of BijapurRelated: Maratha power grew within Bijapur’s territories and weakened its authority.

• KshatriyaBroader topic: Its rulers negotiated claims to Kshatriya status and political legitimacy.

• Medieval IndiaBroader topic: Its rise challenges narratives that treat Mughal rule as the period's final dominant power.

• Sultanate of GolcondaCompared with: Maratha expansion added another force to the conflicts surrounding Golconda’s final decades.

• Baroda StateNarrower topic: Baroda emerged as a regional power within the expanding Maratha sphere.

• First Anglo-Maratha WarNarrower topic: The war tested the empire’s ability to resist Company expansion while managing internal divisions.

• Deccan WarsNarrower topic: The Maratha state’s emergence made Mughal expansion in the Deccan a sustained contest.

• Indore StateNarrower topic: Indore’s rise began within the expanding Maratha political order.

• Bajirao INarrower topic: Bajirao’s office and campaigns belonged to this expanding polity.

• Gwalior StateNarrower topic: Gwalior emerged from Maratha expansion and the empire’s decentralized military leadership.

• History of MaharashtraBroader topic: It carried Maharashtra-based political power across much of the subcontinent.

• History of RajasthanRelated: Maratha intervention altered Rajasthan’s princely politics and finances.

• Kanhoji AngreNarrower topic: Angre’s authority came from service to the Maratha state.

• Kingdom of NagpurNarrower topic: Nagpur emerged as a powerful Bhonsle domain within the wider Maratha political order.

• Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinentCompared with: Its rise shows how regional powers reversed or resisted imperial expansion.