Maharaja
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Maharaja is a royal title in the Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince. However, in late ancient India and medieval
Ranjit Singh, first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
The Maratha Shahu of Kolhapur
The Maratha Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda
Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore
Sikh Empire
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The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab region of South Asia. It existed from 1799, when maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and annexed by the Britis
Maharaja
…came to be used by princes, though it was used by sovereign kings as well, such as the King of Maratha. Etymology Ranjit Singh, first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire The word Maharaja originates in Sanskrit and is a compound karmadhāraya term from mahānt- "great" and rājan "ruler, king"). It has the Latin cognates…
The expanding Sikh Empire in 1809. The Cis-Sutlej states are visible south of the Sutlej River
The Samadhi of Ranjit Singh is located in Lahore, Pakistan, adjacent to the Badshahi Mosque
Two late 19th century drawings of Sikh troops in action against British forces during the Anglo-Sikh Wars
Detail from ‘Darbar (royal court) of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’, gouache, ca.1850