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'''Maharashtra''' (महाराष्ट्र) is the name of a [[States of India|state]] of [[India]]. Its language is Marathi. In area, it is the third-biggest state of India. Only one Indian state has more people (Uttar Pradesh). [[Mumbai]] is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] and [[Pune]] is the cultural and educational capital of Maharashtra. | '''Maharashtra''' (महाराष्ट्र) is the name of a [[States of India|state]] of [[India]]. Its language is Marathi. In area, it is the third-biggest state of India. Only one Indian state has more people (Uttar Pradesh). [[Mumbai]] is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] and [[Pune]] is the cultural and educational capital of Maharashtra. | ||
==Etymology== | |||
The modern [[Marathi]] language developed from the [[Maharashtri Prakrit]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20091225003616/http://linguistlist.org/forms/langs/LLDescription.cfm?code=pmh</ref> and the word Marhatta (later used for the Marathas) is found in the Jain Maharashtri literature. The terms Maharashtra, Maharashtri, Marathi, and Maratha may have derived from the same root. However, their exact etymology is uncertain.<ref>https://books.google.co.in/books?id=KZBTAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y</ref> | |||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||