The Gwalior State was a state within the Maratha Empire, and, later, a princely state of the British Raj located in Central India. It was ruled by the House of Scindia, a Hindu Maratha dynasty. Follow
Arms of Gwalior State, 1937
The Maharaja of Gwalior before his palace by Edwin Lord Weeks.
Ranoji Scindia, founder of the Scindia dynasty of Gwalior
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. For most of its existence, it comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major
Gwalior State
…The Gwalior State was a state within the Maratha Empire, and, later, a princely state of the British Raj located in Central India. It was ruled by the House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde), a Hindu Maratha…
The Maratha Empire (yellow) in 1760
Early Maratha conquests, in Shivaji's and Shahji's time
Portrait of Shivaji, in the Rijksmuseum, Netherland.
Peshwa Bajirao I and Malhar Rao Holkar c.18th century