History of the Maratha Empire

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Here is a newer version of this video on the Marathas I have recently made. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y16vqmynmdCEZ7s

[@aakilsheikh8549]

You did totally a false information video. Marathas lost Panipat means Marathas never reach beyond to Delhi. You also cought in false constructed Indian history.

[@yashb4357]

Bro ur channel is so underrated...i dont know why u don't have million sub

[@yashb4357]

Sir pls make one on Babri masjid

[@gokultg6989]

hey bro do a video about chola empire (1000 ad) at their peek

[@atk3705]

Please call him chatrapati shivaji maharaj not shivaji

[@pradeepchoudhary1627]

Another fun fact: their prime minister Baji Rao I never lost a battle among his 41 battles that he fought. The best cavalry warrior.

[@ruinnaimperii4686]

Pradeep Choudhary yea Sure

[@visalakshimahadevan612]

Don't trust these videos. Sponsored by foreign intelligence agencies and Judeo-Christian organisations. Sikh Empire never existed until Marathas had driven out Afghans out of Punjab and eclipsed the Mughal Empire. Had Raghunath Rao led Maratha army against Ahmed Shah Abdali instead of Vishwas Rao and Bhausaheb, Marathas would have won 3rd battle of Panipat. Family Politics dominated Peshwa family and this led to decline of Maratha Empire. Falsified are being promoted by KZbin videos. White European Jews aim at defeating Hindu nationalism. This is a fake, Anti Hindu video.

[@pij6277]

Visalakhi , i am impressed that you know them. By the way, congrats , you are one of the few rare hindus who has been able to get the gist of the wider ocean like voluminous truth. We should get in touch.

[@dev9077]

@@visalakshimahadevan612 you are a moron. There was no way raghunath rao could have defeated abdali singlehandedly. Marathas like now were very jingoinst and chauvinistic back then (apprehensive of other hindu rulers _ Rajputs, Sikhs, jats and in South ) So when abdali came no body sided with rao and was trampled easily. The maratha history is very small less than 100 years and effective rule lasted for 40 years. This again was made possible when Aurangzeb died and mughals became weak. The "Valorised maratha history" is to instill a sense of identity and pride by upper caste Marathi political elite in marathas . This identity crisis is because maharashtra like South India does not have middle castes like North India in large no and its culture is neither purely Aryan read North India nor Dravidian read South India. This produced in Marathi elite in 1850s a sense of cultural identity crisis though they were better off compared to other states in terms of secular indicators. So the elite straw picked history and Valorised shivaji to create a distinct identity different from north and south This started with leaders like Tilak from 1885 which was mixed with Hinduism (the seed of Hindutva was sown). That's why Hindutva frenzy originated by RSS in Maharashtra which remains its citadel even now. And now it has become political.

[@advaitbidkar9446]

KingAlAyaan just like your coward empire

[@tutorsoar]

I am a South Indian and I salute the Marathas for the way they deal with their fellow human beings. Jai Shivaji!

[@shahthegreat1]

You dumb bro they were savages even by standards of those days

[@biswajitnath804]

Im bengali but i have deep respect for my Marathi brothers, Jai Shivaji!

[@nabil.ansari]

you should Google maratha invasion of Bengal your views will change regarding the maratha empire

[@p.mrtynjy]

Yeah bro they fucked up in Bengal

[@biswajitnath804]

@@nabil.ansari Jai Shivaji..

[@Historyexplorebd]

@Utathya Manna Do you have any prove that Bakhtiyer khilgi destroyed Nalonda bihar??? Hindu Sena dynasty destroy Nalonda.

[@sayandeepkar7839]

@@Historyexplorebd History says Khilji destroyed nalanda!! Search in Google!! You will find your proof

[@shayk4791]

I'm a Marathi and think this is the best video on the Maratha empire. Super accurate.

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thanks man! glad you liked it :)

[@neti_neti_]

Epimetheus YOU missed two very very imp people 1) Jijaae , 2) Samarth guru Ramdas but still we like it . love from Bharat varsh to USA ( America a Sanskrit word for "land of immortals" )

[@marcuskohler8143]

@@neti_neti_ please stop insulting americans. They are our allies

[@neti_neti_]

i am sorry , but i did not get where i made mistake

[@madhuripatil3880]

I completely agree this was awesome

[@harshagrawal1000]

I speak Marathi language and native to state of Maharashtra (Maratha state) in india. Few additional information: Meaning of Chatra-pati (छत्रपति) = One who holds umbrella/shield of protection over his people. (It dosnt necessarily mean king though). Meaning of Peshawa (पेशवा)= Prime Minister, first among 8 ministers . Decentralised system of government established by First Chatra-pati. I must commend video maker for neutrality.

[@krishna_raj9331]

छत्रपती means the king, the emperor.

[@eliteevildarkness5830]

Harsh Agrawal Jai Maharashtra

[@the_number_one]

What an ineffective way to rule

[@yogicrevolution7637]

Par chatrapati king hai.,arth chahe Jo hho ,tum jese non marathis jinhone apni ma behne chudwai ho mughlo angrejo dvara, tum nahi janoge king kya hota hai...asli king kya hota h

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

He only made a 5 minute video on the Marathas. Even Napoleon's regime which lasted for 20 years is given way more attention. The Marathas deserve if not, 15 volume books on their rule.

[@abhijeetshinde498]

I am MARATHA,and my ancestors served Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. I really appreciate the depth of the video.

[@Kedarj71]

I am a Chipavan Brahmin. Even My ancestors served Chatrapati in Konkan Region against Sawant of Sawant wadi. Sawant family used to be a true boot lickers of Portuguese.

[@ishiable]

bc me bhi maratha hu yarr, kya baccho jese ladre ho... gaye zmane.. kisko kya pata .... we are all indians now thats it

[@pratappagore5306]

I am also maratha🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@pritamsarang7276]

Im pritam sarang my ancestors was a naval commandar of shivaji maharaj....

[@Kedarj71]

@@agneshsawant8055 lol guess what, we already had good looks lol. It is you sawant who were the boot lickers of Portuguese occupation. Matter of fact is that majority of 96k maratha were against the Chatrapati. Ghorpade, Morey, Sawant and even Nimbalkar. It is the Chitpavan and Kunbis of konkan who supported Chatrapati till their last breath. No wonder none of the 8 ministers chosen by Chatrapati were marathas.

[@StefanMilo]

Quality video. I actually thought the British fought the mughals for control of India. Didn't know they had first been defeated by these chaps.

[@tahmidkhan23]

yes they did its a propaganda of indian goverment. maratha wiped out in panipaths 3rd war

[@thisisthetruth4525]

@@tahmidkhan23 you don't know anything bro. Read some history. After battle of panipat marathas took their revenge and sikh empire captured afghan landd

[@tahmidkhan23]

@@thisisthetruth4525 I know history it didn't happen after panipath but maratha captured delhi after 1850 mughol and british war and u r maratha empire last for a short time,and about shikh afgan no 1 knows about it except u r bgp goverment

[@Shubhamwa]

Rahul Bharambe haha nice reply bro ..

[@caizertsuze6260]

Stefan Milo, yes you are right, Marathas defeated Mughal Empire, but the country was in massive civil war ,east india company just got lucky and took advantage of the situation and the rest we all know.

[@armstrong2450]

Thank you Marathis ! Jay Maharashtra Jay Bharat

[@gauravugale532]

Jay maratha

[@hardiknaikade7822]

@@visalakshimahadevan612 Yes Maratha Empire wanted Hindu rashtra No doubt in that. There was No Concept of secularism at that time.

[@TusharSawant2]

Jai Hind Jai Maharashtra 🚩

[@nitinpradhan7055]

@@hardiknaikade7822 bhai to shivaji raje ek secular king the...unke yaha sab cast aur religion ke log rehte the😏

[@hardiknaikade7822]

@@nitinpradhan7055 Malum hai. Maratha Empire m Muslim the and Mughal Empire m bhi Hindu the. But Remember what Shivaji Maharaj's dream was "Hindavi Swarajya"

[@shubhankarkulkarni933]

The most underrated empire in recent times!

[@libra.42]

Mostly the 27 year independence war is not known to most maratha people and the history that follwed after that. What a shame.

[@gauravugale532]

@@kimjonguninoutundernearabo1302 Aurangzeb ki sabse choti ladki zinatunnisa hamare shambhu raja se nikah karna chahti thi iss baat se gussa hokar Aurangzeb ne uska rape kia aur khud unse zinatunnisa se shadi kiya...🤣 BETI CHOD MUGHAL

[@999rockyp]

And most overrated as well. Nowadays we don't even wanna help each other. Sadly its true.

[@999rockyp]

@@gauravugale532 there is no such reference

[@rightlibertarian8355]

Underrated, yet most dominant

[@DewanAhsan357]

Do Vijayanagara Empire next. Thank you so much!

[@neti_neti_]

yes

[@farhanatashiga3721]

Good luck trying to pronounce it

[@sinisterminister6478]

@@farhanatashiga3721 it takes a few times but keep at it and it will come lol. At least I think I'm pronouncing it correctly. 😂

[@doctorlexingtonfromoxforda989]

That would be epic

[@DewanAhsan357]

Mewer Kingdom, which was Rajput, did defeat the Muslims under Maharana Hammir and Maharana Kumbha.

[@unleashingpotential-psycho9433]

The first Anglo Maratha War is crazy

[@goldenmemes51]

Yeah! So war Anglo Sikh wars too

[@ScipioXII]

Golden Memes the Anglo Sikh wars was oof to UK

[@indiafirst3676]

@a k British left India in 1947 and they could defeat Marathas by 1800 so British ruled for 150 years if you say 200 then British didn't even start Indian campaign in 1747

[@raghavarakshith8849]

@a k It's very sad to know that this visonaries were short lived

[@goldenmemes51]

@Games Account marathas were stubborn and didn’t reach out to us , even now look at kisan movement no matter how many water cannons they won’t stop us

[@bindukopparapu2795]

Fun fact: If the Maratha Empire had defeated the Durrani Empire at the Third Battle of Panipat, they could have won the Second Anglo Maratha war.

[@arhanya8552]

The Jat leader advised against direct war without eatablished supply lines but Maratha leader did not listen. So Jats backtracked. They even took their civilians like families with them to the battle field. Their supply lines got cut as Awadh and Rohilkhand North Central Indian muslim rulers came to help Durrani Abdali. So in the end Marathas soldiers had to fight empty stomach bec. Durrani kept on waiting for their supplies to get depleted. In the battle Marathas fought very well but they lost bec. they had not kept a reserve back up force which shud be part of such battles. Also, their modern long range artillery which could easily breacg forts in Delhi was not effective in short range Battles with Afghans. Maratha leader Bhau arrogance and stupid mistake cost them that battle. Later on, Marathas attacked Rohilkhand, destroyed the city and even dug up the graves of all dead muslims who had helped Durrani feeding those traitors bones to dogs.

[@kristianehussenmaratas2369]

European war technology was advancing... The battle could be 1 British soldier equivalent to 10 Marathi warrior in long ranges, 1:2 at close range, and 1:1 close contact. They could not match the British superiority in artillery. If all of its army were armed with musket and enough high powered cannons maybe they could have stopped the British expedition to conquer India.

[@babitasingh6558]

@@kristianehussenmaratas2369 go kid study about battle of haifa

[@Vjane-b9s]

Bro... British won't even have thought about Indian conquests. Let alone second anglo-maratha war...

[@lindyswing4368]

The Maratha political system was bound to collapse and splinter. Unlike the British who had a robust political system that had evolved over centuries. The Marathas didn't stand a chance.

[@roy18sumit]

Marathas Single handedly saved Hinduism

[@toocharged]

At the time of the mughals Hinduism was still growing rapidly and all religions were tolerated especially at the time of akbar

[@roy18sumit]

@@toocharged just mentioning akbar isnt worth it you have to know what aurangzeb did to hindus and sikhs and nizam's atrocities in the deccan region

[@ibrahimyibrahimy]

toocharged indu ism never allowed others to practice their believes in India , on the other hand Muslims allowed all to practice their believe with respect

[@roy18sumit]

@@ibrahimyibrahimy 🤣🤣🤣🤣 good joke

[@toocharged]

@@ibrahimyibrahimy that's true the Muslim rulers were much more just and opening to other religions than the Hindus

[@islandsunset]

And they say there was no unified India before British came. His video explains that it is a false claim.

[@NightshadeX85]

No quite the opposite actually.

[@MonsierBlack]

The Maratha empire was a Patch work of Semi Autonomous States only United by a Delicate Confederation which the British could exploit.

[@alpha-vs1fx]

only 1 time has india been completely reunited in history besides the british is the mauryan empire. from afghanistan to vietnam. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire all other empires which tried to reunite india (maratha , mughal , guptas , delhi sultanates and many more) always had some territory remaining.

[@almalayuwiyyah2512]

@@alpha-vs1fx aurangzeb is the second ashoka. he reunited india most of the subcontinent since ahoka for about 2000 years, even british cannot take afghanistan but mughal did it.

[@aishwaryanaik9170]

Yes unified secular India...we Marathas were always secular and tolerant of others religion not like BJP and Modi

[@azariahchhangte6872]

Can you be more careful with the Map of North East India. We were never part of Nawab of Bengal. Assam had its own Ahom Kingdom and the rest have affinity to SE Asia.

[@arhanya8552]

lol...why not do something positive. Ur assam is almost bangaldesh now...😂😂😂😂😂

[@azariahchhangte6872]

Jackass and a temper to match, calling me a MF Benchud😋😋

[@azariahchhangte6872]

I don't have time for you but we were in Khampat aka Kabaw Valley when you came out of the jungle, Pseudo-Bengali😂😂

[@azariahchhangte6872]

And we have no idea about you either except you copied everything Bengali😂😂

[@azariahchhangte6872]

Yeah, you people were rapped by Burmese for 7 years so much so that you invited the British in 1825. What a history 😂😂😂

[@AkshayKumar-fz7nw]

Marathas the bravest people in the earth....

[@babitasingh6558]

After listening this Mongols: I am a joke to you

[@tejaschavan4689]

@@babitasingh6558 aurangzeb was mongol too got his ass kicked

[@babitasingh6558]

@@tejaschavan4689 lol he was mughal and from his mother lineage he is a mongol ?, Why didnt Marathas defeated chagatai khanate and chengis Khan

[@hyamick7584]

@@tejaschavan4689 got his ass kicked? Are you sure about that? 🤣

[@G-neet]

@@babitasingh6558 his ancestors were mongols

[@sushilganesh07]

And Indian history books are filled with Mughals with a little mention of Marathas.

[@aishwaryanaik9170]

No..my books were filled with Maratha history only ...I myself am a Maratha and I live in Maharashtra so the SSC board has a major part of the mediaeval history dedicated to Marathas...you probably didn't payed attention in class ...and remember Marathas stood for secular and tolerant nation...so stop propogating hate

[@utkarshsharma3375]

@@aishwaryanaik9170 he is talking about cbse board

[@DarkKnight-db1dy]

Now I have heard that NCERT is removing that mughal invader's history

[@tomost3891]

I love that you cover history we westerners to hear about. Even in University our history classes are eurocentric. I get why, knowing your history is more inportent, but still I wish world history would be world history.

[@shivampatnaik2000]

In Indian schools the history curriculum is heavily Indocentric (in the course books that I studied, we did have the French and Russian Revolution, the Irish independence movement, a bit about the origin of Protestant faith in Europe and the Vietnam war though). Everyone learns more about their own history than about other regions of the world.

[@neti_neti_]

Namaste Epimetheus love from Bharat ( India ) very good vid

[@ganeshgaitonde3960]

Fact :- Marathas won Delhi but didn't make it their capital.

[@ssm7593]

Pune best

[@Naifnavas8707]

But Mughals and Afgans reconquered Delhi after few years.

[@noxious_maddy]

@@Naifnavas8707 Marathas Recaptured Delhi in 1772, and Ruled Delhi Upto 1803- 1805 when British captured it from Marathas.

[@Naifnavas8707]

@@noxious_maddy No bro British caught it from Bahadur shah ll 's hands. At 1800 s marata empire declined and Maratas became farmers or Army men under Mughals or Nizams or British or other Muslim kingdoms.

[@noxious_maddy]

@@Naifnavas8707 Bahadur shah's hands?? Lol😂😂 Bro u have a very weak knowledge of Indian history. Marathas Ruled delhi but put a Puppet mughal Ruler Under their control over the Mughal thrown. The Same policy was adopted by Britishers until 1857. When british abolished Mughal throne and displaced Bahadur shah jaffar.

[@iraqimapper8625]

Well done ,that was a great Indian empire and actually was the last Indian empire before the British conquest

[@DewanAhsan357]

No, the Sikh Empire was the last great Indian empire. Marathas were the last great Hindu Empire.

[@DewanAhsan357]

Nepal was never an empire, it was a kingdom.

[@DewanAhsan357]

Shivaji the great Marathas existed until 1818. My those dates, Marathas still outlasted Nepali Empire.

[@swapnilkale7956]

@@DewanAhsan357 Marathas were last great india empire not hindu empire. Point to be remembered that british took india from Marathas Not from shikhs.

[@caizertsuze6260]

@Shivaji the greatDude why are you praising nepalis everywhere, they were the ones British employed in brutally supressing the 1857 revolt. Even after 1857, they were the favourite lapdogs of British. They were mercenaries who fought for money. They didn't had any sense of common religion with hindus.

[@RamKrishna-hf6dd]

Love to my Maratha ancestors from Kerala. Proud of you!

[@ashkenazi0000]

Excellent Video !!! Very Informative.. there is NO doubt that the brutal & fanatic Islamic Mughal rule in India faced stiff resistance at different periods from the great RAJPUT warriors, fierce AHOM warriors from Assam & from Punjab the brave SIKH warriors...India's strength lies in Unity in Diversity. Rightly did the great Hindi Poet Bhushana, who forsook the royal favours of the Mughal court to come over to Shivaji to record his glories, he sang :-“काशी की कला जाती, मथुरा की मसजीद बनती, अगर शिवाजी ना होते तो सबकी सुन्नत होती.” meaning : (Had not there been Shivaji, Kashi would have lost its culture,Mathura would have been turned into a mosque and all would have been circumcised.) If not for Shivaji and the Marathas, there would have existed a continuous Islamic belt from Morocco to Indonesia. What addition of 1 billion more adherents to Islam would have done to the world power balance or what would have happened to Indian legacy like yoga, ayurveda, music, art and philosophy, is not difficult to guess…. It is worthwhile examining the 'what if' of Indias history, Aurengzeb, Akbars great great grandson, had embarked on the 'Islamisation' of India. The Marathas, inspired by Shivaji, fought Aurengzeb and saved India from following the fate of Persia. The proof of Maratha victory lies in the fact that Aurengzeb lies buried, not in Lahore /Delhi or Agra , but near Aurangabad in good old Maharashtra... Indian history before Shivaji's advent reads like a chronicle of military disasters. Shivaji changed all that. He used Guerilla Tactics very effectively. Shivaji, as a great warrior & visionary laid a strong and solid foundation that after his death in 1680, there was a series of battles fought between Marathas and Mughals from 1681 to 1707 known as 'War of 27 years' and ended with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. The Marathas eventually emerged victorious and consolidated their lost territories. This was further expanded by the Peshwas. The Maratha empire reached its peak in summer of 1758 with the conquest of Attock, which is banks of Indus river in Pakistan today. Its eastern frontier was today’s Orissa, being ruled by Raghuji Bhosale of Nagpur. Maratha armies had also reached upto Murshidabad, but then retreated and settled for tribute from Bengal and control of Orissa. To the south, in 1758, territories upto the fort of Gurramkonda in Kadappah district were held. Also, Tanjore (Thanjavur) was under Marathas, but that was a different line. In 1761, the PANIPAT war was lost to the Afghans but Marathas RECOVERED quickly like phoenix bird within 10 years and brought the whole of North Indian again under their control during the 1770's under leadership of Madhavrao Peshwa.. Eventually, the Marathas grew stronger and fought the British in three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-82, 1803-05, 1817-18), In the First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) the Marathas emerged Victorious. A Vijay Stambh (Victory Pillar) erected to commemorate Maratha victory over British is located at Vadgaon/Wadgaon Maval, close to the city of Pune. The 2nd and 3rd were subsequently lost and British established themselves which was followed by the Uprising of 1857 . (By the way, just for your G.K, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is also considered as the 'Father of the Indian Navy' AND Apart from Jijabai, 2 well known Women personalities emerging from the Maratha empire were Devi AHILYABAI HOLKAR and RANI LAXMIBAI of Jhansi also known as Manikarnika.) Hearty Salute to the sacrifice made by our Great Sikhs, Rajputs, Marathas and Ahom warriors for standing up to brutality and defending Mother India ! Jai HIND !!! VANDE MATARAAM !! VANDE MATARAAM !! VANDE MATARAAM !! VANDE MATARAAM !! VANDE MATARAAM !!

[@saadmahmood1409]

Just look up the Martha's empire Bengal invasion.

[@ashkenazi0000]

@@saadmahmood1409 I did. Pretty impressive as they single handedly kicked the Mughals balls and comprehensively defeated them. The Muslim rulers were absolutely terrified of the Marathas. And rightly so.

[@saadmahmood1409]

@@ashkenazi0000 Mukund Kumar My point was every empire has its good and bad, life is not like Ramayan were it is good vs evil, granted the Mugals did damage but you just can't ignore the contribution they did to India. And one last thing if Mugals really wanted India to be a Muslim county they could have easily done so they ruled for many years after all. Now come to forced conversation, in the war in that time you win or lose. If you lose you die, if you win you will kill the loser. Aurangzeb did something different, he did not kill the opposing soldiers immediately when he won. He first capture them and told them that if you accept Islam you will get a new life and don't then you will die like any other soldiers in the battlefield. It was is way of giving mercy unlike other rulers who immediately kill the opposers. It is always important to know the whole story or less we will only see in one perspective. I gave the example of Ramayan earlier but even in Ramayan, Raavan was a great rule who ruled Lanka with great prosperity. He captured Sita because of what happened to her sister, if anyone attack your dear sibling even it was his/her fault it will be in your nature to side with your siblings. Even in Raavan's death Ram told this brother how great of a ruler Raavan was. Ramayan says one of the most important life lesson, you may be a hero in your story but a villain in others.

[@deepakdahiya9]

I'm a Jat and I owe my respect to Maratha Bravehearts. Lots of respect to Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Peshwa Bajirao. I feel guilty that we Jats didn't fight with our Maratha brothers in the 3rd battle of Panipat. We fought together in defeating Mughals and controlled Delhi but the dispute over control of Delhi divided us and our brave Maratha brothers were defeated without our help. I think we should learn from history and stay united. Had we fought together in Panipat we would have never been subjected to British.

[@akshaysirsat6054]

proud to be MARATHA , JAY HIND

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Awesome! what does "JAY HIND" mean?

[@akshaysirsat6054]

+Epimetheus we Indian proudly say JAY HIND about our nationality,, because Indian side is Hindu cultural our army & police Also say Jay Hind to each other,

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Jay Hind!

[@akshaysirsat6054]

+Epimetheus 💐💐💐love from INDIA

[@shreebhosale2275]

Akshay

[@rohanjadhav3416]

Amazing....Keep making such videos and educating people with real history of Hindus...Great Work !!!

[@jessehawkes1298]

Ayee, an empire I never heard of! Cool shit man

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Awesome!

[@SiddheshShetye_sid]

Well they actually the fought with mughals, nizams, adilshah, britishers etc. Current Indian navy is inspired by the navi created by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

[@Rahul_G.G.]

@@SiddheshShetye_sid ok that's just wrong our navy is basically the royal navy

[@aryannaik99]

@@Rahul_G.G. Bro you need should google this "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaji is father of Indian navy"

[@lucabanchieri6288]

Who played as the Maratha Empire in Empire total war?

[@heirofslytherin3890]

Meeeee

[@akashjadhav3151]

Ch.shau maharaj which is the great son of chhatrapati . Shivaji maharaj and son of chh. Sambhaji maharaj

[@akashjadhav3151]

Pls u want to know about any maratha history then ask me ,I m maratha and. Student of history. If u ask me then I so happy to tel this

[@heirofslytherin3890]

@@akashjadhav3151 I'm a bengali.. I wanna know.

[@akashjadhav3151]

Thik hai kya jana he apko pucho munde?

[@falgunraval4840]

You described the Maratha Empire so good. You got a sub😬👍

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thanks :)

[@DewanAhsan357]

Jai Shivaji, Jai Hind

[@neti_neti_]

Jai Shivaji , Jai Jijabai , Jai samarth guru ramdas , har har Maha Dev , Jai Bhawani

[@advaitbidkar9446]

KingAlAyaan 😂😂

[@advaitbidkar9446]

Elhasnaoui Mohamed what bitch?

[@marygebbie6611]

I legit thought this said Martha for a good five seconds and was super confused

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Haha...I accidentally wrote Martha Empire a couple times while making this on the map...think I corrected them all :)

[@psyconaut3232]

Lol Martha Empire

[@deepakghosalkar8884]

It's Maratha 🤜 Proud to be Maratha from Maharashtra - India

[@vijayshinde8356]

Batman and Superman could have been ended up fighting Mughal Empire ....😅 Its honest mistake for people from West to mispronounce ...

[@madhuripatil3880]

I am myself a Marathi and really admire your way of presentations and facts i love your work man awesome

[@tejas23pawar]

Proud to be a 96 kuli Maratha !!! Chhatrapati Shivaji-Sambhaji Maharaj ki Jai ! 🚩💪🏻 good video...hope Hollywood releases a movie regarding this topic soon !

[@HikmaHistory]

The Maratha's were a big reason for the Mughal decline, a major power that had a surprisingly quick rise and fall!

[@parthyt8105]

150 years is not a quick fall 😀

[@maximus5751]

@@parthyt8105 because Mughals didnt face such a fierce resistance like Marathas for 150 years, Marathas were majorly responsible for the fall of Mughal Empire

[@sidneelkanth]

I am from maharashtra n just loved the live way in which you presented history. Keep it up

[@subhashishbagchi3191]

Today because of our brave Maraths soldiers, Rajput warriors, Ahom spink and Sikh khasla the Sanatana Dharama never loss its glory before the Muslim Rulars .......because of them today we are witnessing our rich India culture.

[@nahushkkn]

Jai Shivaji , Jai Maharashtra 🚩🚩

[@amrutdabir1181]

Har Har Mahadev JAY SHIVAJI JAY BAJIRAO Meaning Glory to lord mahadev And long live Chatrapati shivaji and long live peshwa bajirao!

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

ॐ महाहेवाय विद्महे।

[@omkarshitole4832]

Why no one know history of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj

[@amrutdabir1181]

@@omkarshitole4832 They know! It is said that Chatrapati Shivaji maharaj showed us how to live like a legend and Chatrapati sambhaji Maharaj showed us how to die like a legend..!!🇮🇳🚩

[@omkarshitole4832]

@@amrutdabir1181 you just know chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj great balidan (ofcourse which is important to know) But no one know his talent, invention, his leadership qualities and how nice ruler he was

[@papastalin1543]

I love maratha empire #akhandbharat

[@animeguy7037]

I am a marathi your video was the thee best to the point in just 5 minutes. Woww well done

[@SuperYpk]

The marathas at their height battled and defeated the mughals, portuguese, english, persians, afghans, chinese and deccan sultanates at the same time! The Duke of Wellington described the battle of Assal Uttar as the toughest challenge in his life.

[@Hindrajahnate]

Bruh Battle of Assaye ! Not Asal Uttar

[@gravewalker34]

Marathas Sikh and vijayanagara empire saved India from Islamic injustice.

[@vinaypateltheinevitable]

@hmm m Allah this word kill more people in history then any disease or natural calamity and u cliam him God lol He is evil god

[@taufeeqkhan2629]

@hmm m always brother.i am Indian Muslim and Hindus are self delusional people think they are viswa guru (world master.😂😂)

[@taufeeqkhan2629]

@hmm m where are from you ?? You not Indian

[@visalakshimahadevan612]

Sikhs fought Mughals and Afghans, but it's one thing to fight and another to win. Only force that actually defeated the mighty Mughal Empire were Marathas. Actual credit goes to Chhatrapati Shivaji and latter day Peshwa family. Chhatrapati Shivaji exploited the weakness of the Mughal Empire and Anti Hindu Zealotry of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and brought it down. Chhatrapati Shivaji taught his son shambhaji how to defeat the Mughals. His sons Shambhaji and Rajaram, showed character and finally defeated the mighty Mughal Empire. Peshwa Baji Rao drove the nail into the final coffin belonging to Mughal Empire.

[@joaquimfurtado4868]

@hmm m Hindus are weak lol? Thats why muslim Pakistan lost 4 wars to Hindu India ? I am not even Hindu

[@candycrush2613]

Battle of umberkhand is a great example of guirella warfare. Maratha army(3, 000) defeated outnumbered uzbeks(30,000) .

[@prateeksharma6706]

When did uzbeks joined?

[@madavkisna6360]

​@@prateeksharma6706 He might have meant the Mughals

[@ProudIndian-h2f]

​​​​​​​​@@prateeksharma6706the commander of that Mughal army was an uzbeg named kartalab Khan accompanied by a widowed maratha woman military chief RaiBaghan under mughal service hailing her feifdom from vidarbha. He had embarked on the campaign to conquer konkan and coastal ports under supreme command of Shaistekhan who had encamped himself in Pune with massive army of one lakh. After deafeating kartalab Khan in battle of umbarkhind with his complete surrender and unconditional withdrawal shivaji later that year attacked Shaistekhan himself with 400 soldiers in daring night attack infiltrating his way straight into Mughal camp of one lakh strong soldiers under the disguise of a wedding procession and cut Shaiste khan's three fingers, killed his son. He was maternal uncle of aurangzeb and governor of Deccan and supreme commander of Mughal army that invaded shivaji but he immediately left the campaign after Shivaji 's night attack in complete fear, awe, humiliation and terror he experienced that night and ran away towards Delhi leaving his one lakh strong military camp behind bringing total shame to aurangzeb and Mughal empire.

[@FlashPointHx]

Lovely video! I like how you included pictures from illustrated manuscripts - I love that!

[@KunalSingh-kq9tk]

Thanks for this great video Epimethius. For long the British propaganda has claimed that they took India from the mugals and showed it as a blessing to majority Hindus who were oppressed. Thanks to the free media truth is coming out and people can be told that the brits fought 3 wars with a Hindu empire even losing the first. How they betrayed the peace treaty and why the first Maratha war is missing from the British war chronicles is another story :)

[@akashjadhav3151]

I am Maratha and student of History , First Thanks to this video maker for making this authentic video , it's realy good presentation , I have proud because I born and living in Capital of Maratha Empire that is SATARA. | Jai Shivaji Jai Bhavani | | Har Har Mahadev | | Jai Hind |

[@pranavathalye]

Nice video about a much ignored state in Indian and world history. And my ancestors ;) Just one minor correction: The "th" "Maratha" is pronounced close to the "th" in "Beethoven" or "Neanderthal".

[@EpimetheusHistory]

Thanks for the correction :)

[@mangeshrajeghodake]

Is there a consonent mark to convey what you are saying. Otherwise th in Maratha will stay one in theta because of English language rules.

[@anybody9059]

Epimetheus No It is like old pronunciation of THomas not like thomas !

[@cykablyat5397]

Can you do history of Vietnam thanks love your vids

[@neti_neti_]

Love to Vietnam from Bharat

[@cykablyat5397]

@Fleece Johnson what is your problem

[@pratikgorivale8403]

Do you know Vietnam soldiers inspired from Shivaji Maharaj for their Guerrilla tactics

[@bluray1194]

I think there is a statue of chhatrapati shivaji in Vietnam🤔🤔

[@eruditootidure2611]

Aaaayyy, my people~ Or, I guess, the people who probably conquered and/or absorbed the peoples some of my ancestors belonged to, resulting in me associating a part of my identity with them despite my actual people most likely being mere subjects of the Marathas themselves... but that's not as validating to say. (Also I gotta say it, it's pronounced with more of a hard "t" sound, like "thyme", rather than a soft "th" sound, like in "thought".)

[@HuckleberryHim]

There are three “t” sounds at work here. The one used in the video is a voiceless dental fricative, like in “thistle”. This sound is usually unaspirated in English and exists in Indo-Aryan languages too, although as you point out, it is not in the word Maratha. The other two sounds are “hard” t’s. They are the alveolar voiceless stop and the retroflex voiceless stop. Both should be aspirated and are quite similar sounding, even though technically neither one exists in the other language(s), but they are good approximations of each other.

[@bhushanranalkar5743]

Most of the North India people thought Mughal was last empire but it's wrong Maratha was the last empire before British

[@prashantjaygade5252]

because NEHARU hide maratha empire history his ancector is servant of mughal so he not like maratha destroy mughal

[@MonsierBlack]

The only real achievement gained from the Maratha empire was the weakening of India to foreign Powers.

[@MonsierBlack]

@@vishveshkhanzode9342 I was Referring to the British & Europeans in general.

[@MonsierBlack]

@Shivaji the Great The Marathas After Forming their Empire started to Stagnate. The British used this and Influenced States under the Maratha Empire which were Autonomous as the Marathas were a Confederation of Semi Autonomous States under the Maratha Banner which the British exploited.

[@indiafirst3676]

@@MonsierBlack Had Marathas won at Panipat then there won't have been any British Empire And dude for South India Mughals were also foriegn invaders and so were Europeans So fighting Mughals is anyway fighting foriegn invaders and British came much late in 1757 when the time Marathas had spreader their empire till Attock taking Lahore and Delhi

[@XxDarkTakerxX]

Please do a video about cholas or pandyan empires. Thanks

[@skepticalshadow9040]

I am American Indian my name is Dev Kulkarni my father told me this Shivaji story i believe and i became to proud for India

[@kristianehussenmaratas2369]

My ancestors, they sent us to Southeast Asia (Philippines) at the brink of the Anglo-Maratha wars...for safety...that someday a descendant may still live and redeem the empire. But that's only history, a story that echoes in our family. It doesn't matter anymore today. When the Spanish came, our ancestors had already settled an Indian culture in some of the islands. And according to Spanish census, we were named Marata or Maratas in plural in the registrations bearing Indian origin and ethnicity. Proud of my heritage. It's in my name and will be passed on to our family's next generation.

[@prashantjaygade5252]

PROUD MARATHA EMPIRE

[@jayantdhole]

There's a mistake in video, we don't call Shivaji, we call him as CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ., You cant re-upload but you can edit the video description.

[@oliversworld9460]

Yo miss the most important name chatrapati sambhaji maharaj ...... please do more research ...... on maratha Empire

[@pax4370]

*If only brits came 50 year later. By the time the whole subcontinent would be ruled by maratha sikh coalition. Then brits would get a good beating*

[@indialover83]

The video on the Chola and pandya empires of Tamilakam are also needed

[@krishna_raj9331]

मराठा साम्राज्य विस्ताराचा इतिहास : ------------------------------------------------ 1698 नंतर आधी छत्रपती राजाराम महाराज आणि महाराणी ताराबाई यांच्या काळात मराठ्यांनी औरंगजेब विरोधात बचावात्मक पवित्रा सोडून दिला, आणि त्याच्या युद्धामुळे खचलेल्या आर्थिक स्थितीचा फायदा घेत आक्रमणाचा पवित्रा अंगीकारला. ह्या काळात खंडेराव दाभाडे, परसोजी भोसले, सरदार कदम बांडे आणि गायकवाड यांनी उत्तर महाराष्ट्र, गुजरात आणि वर्‍हाड ह्या प्रांतावर मराठा साम्राज्याचा विस्तार केला. ------------------------------------------------ मराठा साम्राज्याचा जितका विस्तार झाला, त्यातला अर्ध्याहून जास्त साम्राज्य विस्तार हा रघूजीराजे भोसले यांनी केला आहे. 1737 ते 1740 ह्या काळात रघूजीराजे भोसले ह्यानी कर्नाटक, हैदराबाद, तसेच एकूण दक्षिण भारतात मराठा साम्राज्याचा विस्तार केला. त्यांनी ह्या काळात दोस्त अलीखान आणि त्याच्या सर्व साथीदार आणि शासकांचा एकंदरीत पाडाव केला. युद्धाच्या शेवटी जवळचे सर्व साथीदार आणि सोबत नातेवाईक देखील मारले गेल्याने दोस्त अली खान रघूजीराजे भोसले यांना शरण आला. 1741 मध्ये नागपूर च्या गोंड राज्यावर रघूजीराजे यांनी अधिकार प्रस्थापित केला. पुढे 1745 पर्यंत रघूजीराजे भोसले यांनी ओडिसा, छत्तीसगढ, झारखंड, हे प्रदेश मराठा साम्राज्यात जोडले. ह्यानंतर च्या काळात रघूजीराजे भोसले यांनी बंगाल वर एकामागोमाग एक आक्रमणे केली व अंततः तिथल्याअली वर्दी खान ह्या नवाबाला नमवले. शेवटी अली वर्दी खान याने रघूजीराजे भोसले यांच्याशी तह केला व बिहार व बंगाल (आजच्या बांगलादेश सहित ) ह्या प्रदेशासाठी मराठ्यांना 20 लाख रुपये वार्षिक चौथाई द्यायचे कबूल केले. शिवाय रघूजीराजे यांनी तीन कोटी युद्ध खर्च देखील घेतला. अशाप्रकारे दक्षिण आणि पूर्वोत्तर भारतावर रघूजीराजे भोसले यांनी मराठा साम्राज्याचा विस्तार केला. ------------------------------------------------ मराठा साम्राज्याचा माळवा (म्हणजे मध्यप्रदेश) आणि बुंदेलखंड ह्या भागात विस्तार, बाजीराव पेशवे, राणोजी शिंदे, मल्हार राव होळकर, राणोजी भोईटे, आनंदराव पवार ह्यानी केला. 1740 पर्यंत. ह्यातली बुंदेलखंड ह्या भागाची जहागिर छत्रपती शाहू महाराजांनी बाजीराव पेशवे याना दिली. माळवा प्रांताची जहागिर छत्रपती शाहू महाराजानी राणोजी शिंदे, मल्हार राव होळकर यांना दिली. धार पवारांना देण्यात आले होते, आणि भोईटे याना देखील वेगळी जहागिर शाहू महाराजांनी इनाम दिली होती. ------------------------------------------------ ह्यानंतर मराठा साम्राज्य दिल्ली, राजस्थान आणि पाकिस्तान (अटक, पेशावर ) ह्या भागावर पसरवण्याचे कार्य मल्हारराव होळकर, जनकोजी शिंदे, राघो बल्लाळ आणि सर्वात मुख्यत्वे दत्ताजी शिंदे यांनी केले. ------------------------------------------------ अशाप्रकारे छत्रपती शाहू महाराजांनी त्यांच्या दरबारी असलेल्या कर्तृत्ववान लोकांद्वारे, छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या स्वराज्याचे साम्राज्यात रूपांतर केले. हे मराठा साम्राज्य भारतभर पसरलेले होते. सर्वांना विनम्र अभिवादन जय भवानी...... जय शिवाजी.....⛳⛳

[@marktwain7928]

saheb aapan Raghunathrao peshwyana visarlat , Tech atakepar zrnde gadayala gele hote .

[@krishna_raj9331]

@@marktwain7928 अटक वर झेंडा मल्हार राव होळकर यांनी लावला. त्या मोहिमेत त्यांच्यासोबत रघुनाथ पेशवे, janakoji शिंदे होते. वर ragho बल्लाळ लिहिलय ते यांच्या साठीच.

[@ssm7593]

Chaan

[@tiru7784]

This guys knows where the views are 😄🇮🇳

[@gauravugale532]

That's called as Business

[@skadam5324]

Ti Ru but this is nice video

[@abc_cba]

He's doing what our Indian KZbinrs aren't ! Most of our foolish KZbinrs only are making nonsense pranks and fake videos. Appreciate his effort than sound condescending.

[@ShivamPatil-zg5ck]

Love from US to my fellow Indians. I am also martha descendent. I want to see not just India but whole Indian subcontinent to be superpowers.

[@singhanmolpreet5935]

You know, it was actually the fault of both Shah jahan and Aurangzeb for instilling the downfall of the empire. Had shah jahan managed the treasury more carefully and allowed religious tolerance, the revolts wouldn't have started in the first place. And if they hadn't started, then aurangzeb, his son, wouldn't have spent HIS life fighting the rebels, thus depleting the treasury even more, and then India wouldn't have been invaded by Nader shah which was the "nail in the coffin" for the mughal empire. It makes me angry to think that the emperors couldve avoided this downfall by just being more tolerant religiously, yet they didnt. They went against the ideal akbar had set to build the empire, and they paid the price for it.

[@HoundofOdin]

Polytheistic religions like Hinduism are far more tolerant by nature than Monotheistic ones, so it doesn't surprise me that the Maratha Confederacy was far more concerned with quality of character than religious adherence.

[@dp28784u]

Yes, I am proud that the Marathas defeated the Mughals, Jay Bhawani, Jai Shivaji. Har har mahadev.

[@lukezuzga6460]

Good video Bro, always wish the short ones were a little longer. Keep up the good work!

[@louisalectube]

First time I heard of the Maratha Empire was when I played Empire: Total War 8-)

[@mayursonawane1479]

Maratha & Sikhs succssed because fought under one barren irrespective of cast & creed. May god bless my people to think like Marathas & Sikh (Reject cast descrimanition)

[@عليياسر-ف4ن9ك]

Brahma: That's why your state disappeared so quickly. This is strange

[@omkarshinde_2290]

HE IS NOT ONLY SHIVAJI ... CALL "CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ"

[@reeshabhjain]

Maratha Empire was considered as one of the few secular empires in history of India

[@Sudeep.Manerkar]

Not true

[@crazyscreamfan2]

can u make a video on the history of the punjab before and after sikhism?

[@perseuns4896]

All Indian Empires are Yranyan Aria = Arya Asia = Asya India = Yndya Persia = Persya Media = Medya Iran = Yran Irani = Yrany Iranian = Yranyan The history they don't want you to know. Long live Maurya, Long Live Indya, Long long live Yran! 🇮🇷🇮🇳🇮🇷🇮🇳🇮🇷🇮🇳🇮🇷🇮🇳🇮🇷🇮🇳

[@ChevyChase301]

History of Seleucid Empire?

[@LamyNinja-hh5lk]

Maratha empire territory is part of current India. So not only recovering territory but also establishing Dharma 🕉️ was the goal of MARATHA s. Dev-Desh-Dharm 🚩🚩🚩Chatrapati_Shivaji_Maharaj ki Jai

[@dragonborn3283]

Marathas won sub continent Muslims respect.. They were bravo... As a Bengali we fought Mughal too... We defeat Akbars army lead by man singh but later his son Jahangir defeat us...

[@KunalSingh-kq9tk]

Kaashi Kaaba ban jaati Mathura Mecca ho jaati Agar na hote Shivaji to Sunnat sabki ho jaati 🙏🙏

[@sohamjadhav581]

Sahi kaha bhai hamare maharaj hamare liye bhagwan se badhkar hai jay bhavani jay shivaji har har mahadev 🚩

[@laksh_ayy]

Pagal hai kya😂

[@anand.suralkar]

Thanks for the video as a marathi person i feel so proud

[@diljotnanrhe5808]

Sikh Empire next!

[@vengeancecreed217]

Na. He should do the whole history of our sikh history. The things our gurus did is nothing compared to the sikh empire. I hope that makes sense.

[@KunalSingh-kq9tk]

Internal bickering and personal ambition over the general good was what led to the Lahore Durbar's fall. No one teaches us but the Sikh kingdoms of Patiala & Kapurthala had sided with the brits for their personal gains, destroying the greatest superpower Punjab had ever produced.

[@iamdafuriousofall]

@@KunalSingh-kq9tk its not their fault, brits were keen on divide and rule

[@arhanya8552]

Maratha goal was Hind Swaraj meaning self rule for Hindus. Marathas got divided into five factions and British played each against other. Some of the faction alone could have defeated British but they preferred to remain silent like Gwalior which had the best trained modern army trained by the mercenary french hired by them. Gwalior was among the state that was among friendly state with British and helped them in 1857 during sepoy mutiny. These independent princely states controlled around half of land in India until independence in 1947. After 1857 mutiny, such independent princely states were used as bulwark by British against mass uprising by Indians.

[@rohandalvi8045]

No one had d might 2 capture India when India was ruled by a single Kingdom may it b Maurya, Prithvi Raj, Porus, Yadav, Gupta, Maratha, Sikh or even Mughals. Britishers were able 2 capture India only bcoz there were many kingdoms inside one nation. When India got independent, there were 516 princely states (correct me if I m wrong). Britishers can never defeat India has a whole. They defeated India part by part. This is d answer for those people who keep on asking, "how come people eating 🍞 (Europeans) can defeat people who eat 🍚 & chapati?

[@EViLER-zd8id]

Always love to see these videos👌

[@ashutoshsharmash]

The Marathas are the reason why India is secular today..... If they only stuck it out against the British.... We would see a very different India today. Thankfully, following in their footsteps, the BJP and the RSS are back in power.... Maybe this is the legacy of the Marathas.

[@MrDragonheart007]

Check the dates of chhatrapati it's incorrect in video

[@iraqimapper8625]

Can you do the history of maghrab (Libya Tunisia Algeria Morocco and Mauritania)

[@goodman3982]

Hi Epimetheus, you did not mention the 3rd battle of Panipat between the Marathas and the Afghan King Ahmed Shah Abdali in January 1761, which shrunk the Maratha empire back to it's original size

[@abhinavkumar9c017]

Marathas conquered their territories back in the series of wars known as Maratha resurrection

[@Kank666-r4w]

14th decendent of Yesaji kank ( Army General ) of Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jai Bhavani

[@Kank666-r4w]

@Sachin Jadhav there are my uncle

[@siddhits]

Thank you for being objective. These days, you can't say in India that Hindus were persecuted throughout medieval history without being called 'nationalistic' or worse.

[@AsrAsr-y5b]

70% capture india maratha empire ❤🎉😢😮😊🤙👎👍👍🏻

[@diplodocus3]

The fact that everyone was treated equally, holds true only for Chhatrapati Shivaji's empire, the later monarchs especially the Peshwa Baji Rao II defied this rule completely. The Baji Rao II established a cruel system based on Brahminical hegemony and torturing a whole group of people and denying them basic rights. Great topic and video though!

[@agniroyai1230]

Very informative and accurate video. The Maratha empire has always been of particular interest because of its swashbuckling history, though I do wish you had used the term South Asia instead of Indian Subcontinent which has recently been gaining popularity. I'd be interested in seeing a video on Vijayanagara since it was another Hindu empire founded during Muslim rule, or the Pala empire which was India's last great Buddhist dynasty

[@heathenfire]

Yeah Vijaynagar empire would be good

[@RohitSharma-vj1sw]

Pala were not budhist they were hindu rulers of upgansthan (afganistan ) and punjab . They were also called hindu shahi .

[@agniroyai1230]

Rohit Sharma you're thinking of the Jayapala of the classical era. I'm talking about the medieval Pala empire in what's now Bangladesh and eastern India. It was the last Buddhist empire in India

[@davidkena1253]

Imagine if rajputs,marathas,Sikhs,gurkhas... Etc fought unitedly against the invaders instead of fighting each other..no nation on earth would have been able to conquer india..today India is a completely different animal..

[@prashantjaygade5252]

if only maratha sardar united enough to india

[@akshayjaunjalkar4229]

bol CHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ ki Jay ( aandhi roke toh hum tufan Tufan roke toh hum aag ka dariya) HAR HAR MAHADEV

[@dhirajdeore434]

Yup I'm a Hindu-Maratha.....Merit is the only thing that mattered in The Maratha State of that Times.....Really Feel Good About it....

[@DESIBOY-fe7nm]

Thank god u didn't say Maratha fought against muslims. 🙏

[@EpimetheusHistory]

The Maratha was very tolerant for their time :)

[@abhijitsapkale]

Great work and research. Nice video.

[@ketanzanke]

" छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज " दूर करण्या काळोख स्वराज्यावरचा एक प्रकाश चमकला, जिजामातेच्या पोटी स्वतः सूर्य जन्मला. तेजस्वी चेहरा फौलादी छाती मर्दानी त्याची चाल, कुत्र्यवाणी पळविले मुगलांना तो रयतेचा राजा महान 👇👇✍📚 ketanzanke.blogspot.com/2019/02/chatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-maratha-king.html

[@ashkenazi0000]

It is true... 'Those who do not learn from History are doomed to repeat it.' The Mughal rule began in 1526 with Babur's accession to the throne, and ended with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. Overall the Mughals ruled northern part of India for approx 181 years and ruined India. The Mughal empire rapidly disintegrated after Aurangzebs death and was replaced by the Maratha Confederacy. At its peak the Maratha empire covered much of South Asia, with a territory of over 2.8 million km² and stretched from Tamil Nadu in the south, to Peshawar & Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in the north, and Bengal Subah in the east. To understand the rise and prominence of the Marathas lets dig a little deeper : There is NO doubt that the brutal & fanatic Islamic Mughal rule in India faced stiff resistance at different periods from the great RAJPUT warriors, fierce AHOM warriors from Assam & from Punjab the brave SIKH warriors...rightly did the great Hindi Poet Bhushana, who forsook the royal favours of the Mughal court to come over to Shivaji to record his glories, sang :-“काशी की कला जाती, मथुरा की मसजीद बनती, अगर शिवाजी ना होते तो सबकी सुन्नत होती.” meaning : (Had not there been Shivaji, Kashi would have lost its culture,Mathura would have been turned into a mosque and all would have been circumcised.) If not for Shivaji and the Marathas, there would have existed a continuous Islamic belt from Morocco to Indonesia. What addition of 1 billion more adherents to Islam would have done to the world power balance or what would have happened to Indian legacy like yoga, ayurveda, music, art and philosophy, is not difficult to guess…. It is worthwhile examining the 'what if' of Indias history, Aurengzeb, Akbars great great grandson, had embarked on the 'Islamisation' of India. The Marathas, inspired by Shivaji, fought Aurengzeb and saved India from following the fate of Persia. The proof of Maratha victory lies in the fact that Aurangzeb lies buried, not in Lahore /Delhi or Agra, but near Aurangabad in good old Maharashtra... Indian history before Shivaji's advent reads like a chronicle of military disasters. Shivaji changed all that. He used Guerilla Tactics (hit and run) very effectively. Shivaji, as a great warrior & visionary laid a solid foundation such, that after his death in 1680, there was a series of battles fought between Marathas and Mughals from 1681 to 1707 known as 'War of 27 years' and ended with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, about 2.5 million of Aurangzeb's army were killed during the Mughal-Maratha War of 27 years. The Marathas eventually emerged victorious and this was followed by the phase of rapid expansion of the Maratha Empire for the next 50 years under patronage of Shahu and his appointed Peshwas Baji Rao I and Balaji Baji Rao. Chatrapati Shivaji is also credited for the laying the foundation of the Indian Navy. He appointed Kanoji Angre the chief of the Maratha Navy who fought against the British, Dutch and Portuguese naval interests on the coasts of India during the 18th century and became their greatest enemy on sea, so much was he dreaded that the British and Europeans labeled him a pirate. He was instrumental bringing about a considerable change in Naval Warfare by introducing a Blue-water navy in those times. The Maratha empire reached its peak in summer of 1758 with the conquest of Attock, which is banks of Indus river in Pakistan today*(check Notes below). Maratha Empire's eastern frontier was today’s Orissa, being ruled by Raghuji Bhosale of Nagpur. Maratha armies had also reached upto Murshidabad, but then retreated and settled for tribute from Bengal and control of Orissa. To the south, in 1758, territories upto the fort of Gurramkonda in Kadappah district were held. Also, Tanjore (Thanjavur) was under Marathas, but that was a different line. In 1761, the 3rd battle of PANIPAT war was lost to the Afghans but they RECOVERED quickly like phoenix bird from ashes and within 10 years (during the 1770's) brought the whole of North India in their control under the able leadership of Madhavrao Peshwa. Marathas also comprehensively defeated the Nizam of Hyderabad and kept Hyder Ali- Tipu Sultan of Mysore in serious check. During this phase, Pune, the seat of Peshwas, flourished as a center of Hindu learning and traditions. The Confederacy is also credited for developing many of the nation’s important cities like Pune, Baroda under Gaikwads, Indore under Holkars and Gwalior under Shinde's or Scindia's. Eventually, the Marathas grew stronger and fought the British in three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-82, 1803-05, 1817-18), In the First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) the Marathas emerged Victorious. A Vijay Stambh (Victory Pillar) erected to commemorate Maratha victory over British is located at Vadgaon/Wadgaon Maval, close to the city of Pune. The 2nd and 3rd were subsequently lost and British established themselves which was followed by the Uprising of 1857. Thus after a prolonged fight with the Marathas and with the Sikhs in Punjab the British firmly established themselves as the de-facto rulers of India. As mentioned above, the British were technologically superior to the Marathas..and hence they were at an advantage. (-By the way, just for your G.K, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is considered today as the 'Father of the Indian Navy'AND apart from Jijabai-mother of Shivaji, the other 2 well known Women personalities emerging from the Maratha Confederacy were Devi AHILYABAI HOLKAR from Indore, Maharani Tarabai and RANI LAXMIBAI of Jhansi also known as Manikarnika. * "Lahore, Multan, Kashmir and other subahs on this side of Attock are under our rule for the most part, and places which have not come under our rule we shall soon bring under us. Ahmad Shah Durrani's son Timur Shah Durrani and Jahan Khan have been pursued by our troops, and their troops completely looted. Both of them have now reached Peshawar with a few broken troops . . . So Ahmad Shah Durrani has returned to Kandahar with some 12-14 thousand broken troops.. Thus all have risen against Ahmad who has lost control over the region. We have decided to extend our rule up to Kandahar." - Raghunathrao's letter to the Maratha Peshwa, 4 May 1758.

[@powerful0962]

Excellent data Jai Shivrai Jai Hind

[@powerful0962]

Excellent data Jai Shivrai Jai Hind

[@ankitchoudhary9858]

Do a video on Tamil kingdoms of southern India.

[@flatearthfatboy9589]

Great video informative as usual

[@dr.sandeeppimparkar1851]

Yes. It is correct depiction of history but I felt somehow British shouldn’t have won last battle which ruined country for next three centuries otherwise India would have been more powerful than any country in world now.

[@NightshadeX85]

How so? Without the western innovations and technology India would in fact be worse off, India would not of existed it would be several smaller kingdoms slaughtering each other rather like most of Africa.

[@dakshdhruv1280]

@@NightshadeX85 no, britishers left india scattered into more than 500 provinces , there was a man SARDAR VALLABH PATEL ( see the statue of unity ) He united the whole country without any violence (unlike bismark did in germany to unite it) . Britishers also did the partitiion of India. When bririshers came to india they landed on world's most wealthy place which contributed 23% of world GDP at that time and what they did , they looted India. And you say about invensions , many important invensions are Indian and copied by britishers like the first plane, you can search on google that who was SHIVKAR BAPUJI TALPADE , he made first plane in modern history and wright brothers took that plane did some changes to make it look different and said that it was made by them . Gravity is also found by BHASKARACHARYA , 500 yrs before newton and there are many more examples likes misiles,ships,etc are first made by indians and then copied in west and due to western colonialisation it became famous . India is father of knowledge in every field like in midical science also .

[@Nomadic_1059]

@@NightshadeX85 they could have hired the Britishers as they were rich enough. Btw ancient Vedic technology is still the fundamentals of many modern Inventions.

[@williamkartatar4759]

Awesome as always,Like before watching.