Mr.Sanemi

Sunga period masculine figurine, 2nd-1st century BCE, Guimet Museum

Shahaji Raje Bhonsle and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Painting of Emperor Aurangzeb at the Siege of Golconda in 1687 during Deccan Wars

A diorama showing Maratha naval tactics, on display at the National Museum, New Delhi

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaja

Mahadaji Shinde the Great Maratha

Quotes

Haldighati was, at best, an assertion of the principle of local independence in a region prone to internecine warfare.Honour was certainly involved; but it was of Maharana Pratap, not Rajput or Hindu honour.
— Historian Satish Chandra

The ideal of Rana Pratap was of a negative character. "I shall not bow". Rana Pratap had sworn that Mewad shall not yield to the Mughals. Maharana Pratap had no positive constructive ideal (such as Shivaji had) to conquer Delhi, to raise Hinduism on its throne, to establish Hinduism in Bharatvarsha.
— Historian Sardesai

"But I would have allied myself with Mahrattas. They would have furnished me with excellent cavalry"
— Napoleon Bonaparte

"The name of the Marathas creates such a terror in Asia that every one trembles when it is mentioned."
— Portuguese despatch of 1746

"I never was in so severe a business in my life or faced anything like it... these fellows (Marathas) fought like devils... or rather like Heroes!"
— Gerard Lake