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The Mavala is a term used for the inhabitants of [[Maval]] region.<ref>Raeside, I. (1978). A Note on the 'Twelve Mavals' of Poona District. Modern Asian Studies, 12(3), 393-417. Retrieved September 1, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/312227</ref> Most of the inhabitants of maval region were [[Mahadeo Kolis]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Srivastava|first=Ashirbadi Lal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DK7ZAAAAMAAJ&q=Mostly+Kolis|title=The Mughul Empire, 1526-1803 A.D.|date=1969|publisher=S. L. Agarwala|pages=368|language=en}}</ref> Maval region, also known as Bavan Mavals (52 valley), was known as Koli country and each Mavals were under the control of Koli chief or Nayaks.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hardiman|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNA-AQAAIAAJ|title=Histories for the Subordinated (bavan mavals)|date=2007|publisher=Seagull Books|isbn=978-1-905422-38-8|pages=103|language=en}}</ref> During the time of Maratha leader, [[Shivaji]] in 17th century, the term was exclusively used for people belonging to the peasant [[Koli people|Kolis]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Burman|first=J. J. Roy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDZkX0PUEKQC&q=Maval+Koli&pg=PA242|title=Hindu-Muslim Syncretic Shrines and Communities|date=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-839-6|language=en}}</ref> and [[Kunbi]] community of the region but Kunbis of Maval region were Kolis who were settled as Agriculturist.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chandra|first=Satish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BRuAAAAMAAJ&q=Maval+Koli|title=Essays on Medieval Indian History|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-566336-5|pages=222|language=en}}</ref> They were expert footmen and excelled in mountain warfare. Shivaji raised an [[infantry]] of Mavale who used guerilla tactics of hit and run to inflict heavy losses on numerically stronger enemies. The infantry was considered the backbone of his power, and according to [[Sabhasad Bakhar]], which chronicled Shivaji's life, the Mavale and Hasham infantry of Shivaji had 100,000 men.<ref name="Kantak1993">{{cite book|author=M. R. Kantak|title=The First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783: A Military Study of Major Battles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdXnVOKKkssC&pg=PR7|year=1993|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-696-1|pages=9,123}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The State and Society in Medieval India, Volume Vii Part I|page=226|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2005|editor1=J.S.Grewal|editor2=D.P.Chattopadhyaya|author=A.R.Kulkarni|quote=Shivaji made use of both sections of the Marathas in establishment of his swaraj...He drew his military strength mainly from the mawales, the kunbis of the Mawal region. In the north, particularly in the eighteenth century, the term 'Maratha' was used with reference to all the people of Maharashtra, irrespective of their caste distinctions.|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22He+drew+his+military+strength+mainly+from+the+mawales%22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pune.gov.in/maps/tahsilmaps.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310230609/http://pune.gov.in/maps/tahsilmaps.html |archive-date=10 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kunbi]]<br />
* [[Maratha Empire]]<br />
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* {{cite book | title = House of Shivaji: (Studies and Documents of Maratha History: Royal Period) | url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.135413 | author = Jadunath Sarkar | author-link = Jadunath Sarkar | edition = 2 | publisher = S.C. Sarkar | year = 1948}}<br />
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