Satara is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India, near the confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary, the Venna. The city was established in the 16th century and w
View of Ajinkyatara Fort above the city of Satara, Maharashtra
Kas plateau, Satara (World Heritage Site)
A view of Narayan Maharaj Math from Shembdi Vaghali-Bamnoli Road
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
Satara (city)
…confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary, the Venna. The city was established in the 16th century and was the seat of the Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire, Shahu I. It is the headquarters of Satara Tehsil, as well as the Satara District. The city gets its name from the seven forts (Sat-Tara) which are…
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