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**Maratha**
	Hindu caste in India found predominantly in the state of Maharashtra
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English: The Maratha (;, archaically transliterated as Marhatta or Mahratta) are an Indian caste, found predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people; historically, it describes the Maratha Empire founded by Shivaji in the seventeenth century and continued by his successors, which included many castes.

Seuna Gavli Yadava dynasty[edit]

The Seuna dynasty claimed descent from the Chandravanshi Yadavas (Yaduvanshis) of north India. According to verse 21 of Vratakhand (a Sanskrit work by Hemadri), the Seunas were originally from Mathura and later moved to Dwaraka.

Hemdari calls them Krishnakulotpanna (i.e., descendants of Lord Krishna). The Marathi saint Dnyaneshwar describes them as Yadukulvansh tilak. Some Seuna inscriptions call them Dvaravatipuravaradhishvaras ("masters of Dvaravati or Dwaraka"). Several modern researchers, such as Dr. Kolarkar, also believe that Yadavas came from North India.

The remains of Khandesh (the historical stronghold of Yaduvanshi Ahirs) are popularly believed to be of Gawli Raj, which archaeologically belongs to the Yadavas of Devgiri. For this reason, the historian Reginald Edward Enthoven believed that the Yadavas of Devagiri could have been Abhiras.

According to one belief, Deoghur or Doulatabad was built in AD 1203 by a Dhangar or herdsman (possibly related to the Abhiras or Ahirs). The leader of these herdsmen, who had acquired vast wealth, assumed the rank of a Raja. The Yadava kings of Devgiri could have been his descendants.

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A man sits on his horse in the street of the old city of Gwalior by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont.jpg 349 × 480; 36 KB
A Maratha Group.jpg 2,952 × 1,904; 883 KB
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Mahratta dancers, c. 1809.jpg 5,740 × 4,198; 26.66 MB
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Portret van twee onbekende Maratha mannen in het Holkarpaleis in Indore Mahrattas. Hindoos. Indore (titel op object), RP-F-2001-7-1122G-31.jpg 4,604 × 6,608; 2.62 MB
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Two Maratha boys from Akalkot in 1867.jpg 615 × 712; 149 KB
Wife of Maratha Pilgrim.jpg 800 × 1,024; 195 KB
William Simpson - Mahratta Pugree, 5 February 1861 - B2014.21.2(9) - Yale Center for British Art.jpg 1,286 × 1,920; 326 KB
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Seuna Gavli Yadava dynasty[edit]

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