Kshatriya Kulavantas: Difference between revisions

'''Kshatriya Kulavatans''' is a title of nobility, which was conferred upon the seventeenth century Indian warrior king, [[Shivaji]] Bhonsale I (also known as Chhatrapati Shivaji), at the time of his coronation.<!--IMPORTANT: Please do not add detail about Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhonsale and his defeat of the Mughals, and establishing Swaraj. That is covered elsewhere, and this article is NOT about that. Sorry to remove the sentences; please see the Talk page. Thank you--><ref name="Sardesai2002">{{cite book|author=H. S. Sardesai|title=Shivaji, the Great Maratha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deHZAUDHzYwC&pg=PA431|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-286-7|page=431}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Khot |first=Tanaji |url=http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=add&sectid=62&contentid=201005312010053101173673567d078ff&subsite= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624220916/http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=add&sectid=62&contentid=201005312010053101173673567d078ff&subsite= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-24 |title=Pune Mirror |publisher=Punemirror.in |date=2010-05-31 |access-date=2013-11-29 }}</ref><ref name="Kulkarnee1975">{{cite book|author=Narayan H. Kulkarnee|title=Chhatrapati Shivaji, Architect of Freedom: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faodAAAAMAAJ&q=kshatriya+Kulawatans|year=1975|publisher=Chhatrapati Shivaji Smarak Samiti}}</ref><ref name="Singh1998">{{cite book|author=U. B. Singh|title=Administrative System in India: Vedic Age to 1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S30xOPtnzZYC&pg=PA92|year=1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-928-3|page=92}}</ref><ref name="Singh">{{cite book|author=Singh|title=The Pearson Indian History Manual for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsiXwh_tIGkC&pg=RA1-PA182|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-1753-0|page=182}}</ref><ref name="Mahaley1969">{{cite book|author=K. L. Mahaley|title=Shivaji, the Pragmatist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bh5-ALtVMroC|year=1969|publisher=Vishwa Bharati Prakashan}}</ref> ''[[Kshatriya]]'' is one of the four [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]]s of [[Hinduism]] and ''kulavantas'' means the head of the ''kula'', or race.<ref name="Sharma1978">{{cite book|author=Tej Ram Sharma|title=Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcnnB-Lx2MAC&pg=PA72|year=1978|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=72|id=GGKEY:RYD56P78DL9}}</ref>

On 24 June 1674, Shivaji was crowned as the first [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pillai |first1=Manu S. |title=Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji |date=2018 |publisher=Juggernaut Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-93-86228-73-4 |page=xvi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandra |first1=Satish |title=Medieval India: Society, the jagirdari crisis, and the village |date=1982 |publisher=Macmillan |location=Delhi |isbn=978-0-333-90396-4 |page=140}}</ref>

* [[Bhosale]] - A Maratha clan of the [[Kunbi]] caste, of tiller-agricultural origin, to which Shivaji belonged

* [[Shivaji]] - Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhonsale I