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For Royal House, see <a href="/wiki/House_of_Bhonsle_(Royal_House)" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Bhonsle (Royal House)">House of Bhonsle (Royal House)</a>. For the film, see <a href="/wiki/Bhonsle_(film)" title="Bhonsle (film)">Bhonsle (film)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Bhonsle</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="border-top: #aaa 1px solid; border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid;"><a href="/wiki/Maratha" class="mw-redirect" title="Maratha">Maratha</a> clan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnicity</th><td class="infobox-data">Deccan-Marathi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bhonsle</b> (or <b>Bhonsale</b>, <b>Bhosale</b>, <b>Bhosle</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are a prominent group within the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_clan_system" title="Maratha clan system">Maratha clan system</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Earliest_members">Earliest members</h3></div> <p>The earliest accepted members of the Bhonsles are Mudhoji Bhonsle and his kin Rupaji Bhonsle, who were the village headman (pāṭīl) of <a href="/wiki/Hingani" title="Hingani">Hingani</a> — this branch has been since known as Hinganikar Bhonsles.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A branch seem to have split soon, who went on to claim an ancestral right to the post of district steward (deśmukhī) of Kadewalit: Suryaji Bhonsle during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Malik_Ahmad_Nizam_Shah_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I">Ahmad Nizam Shah I</a> (early 1490s), and his son Sharafji Bhonsle during the conquest of the region by <a href="/wiki/Daniyal_Mirza" title="Daniyal Mirza">Daniyal Mirza</a> (1599).<sup id="cite_ref-:3_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This branch has been since known as Kadewalit Bhonsles.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next significant Bhonsle was probably <a href="/wiki/Maloji_Bhosale" title="Maloji Bhosale">Maloji Bhosale</a> from the Hinganikar branch.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the great-grandson of one Kheloji (c. 1490).<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3></div> <p>In the opinion of <a href="/wiki/Jadunath_Sarkar" title="Jadunath Sarkar">Jadunath Sarkar</a> and other scholars, Bhonsles were predominantly Deccani tiller-plainsmen from the <a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">Shudra</a> caste; they were part of the Marathas/Kunbis, an amorphous class-group.<sup id="cite_ref-Jaffrelot2006_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaffrelot2006-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eraly2000_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eraly2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sarkar1992_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarkar1992-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scholars have however disagreed about the agricultural status of Bhosles.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_O%27Hanlon" class="mw-redirect" title="Rosalind O'Hanlon">Rosalind O'Hanlon</a> notes that the historical evolution of castes grouped under the Maratha-Kunbis is sketchy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ananya_Vajpeyi" title="Ananya Vajpeyi">Ananya Vajpeyi</a> rejects the designation of Shudra, since the category has remained in a state of flux across centuries; she instead notes them to be a Marathi lineage, who enjoyed "reasonably high" social status as landholders and warlords, being in the service of Deccan Sultanate or Mughals.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Chintaman_Dhere" title="Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere">R. C. Dhere's</a> interpretation of local oral history and ethnography, Bhonsles descend from the <a href="/wiki/Hoysala" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoysala">Hoysalas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seuna_(Yadava)_dynasty" title="Seuna (Yadava) dynasty">Yadavas of Devagiri</a>, who were cow-herding <a href="/wiki/Gavli" title="Gavli">Gavli</a> sovereigns.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Feldhaus_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feldhaus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early thirteenth century, "Baliyeppa Gopati Sirsat", a Hoysala cousin of <a href="/wiki/Simhana" title="Simhana">Simhana</a> migrated from <a href="/wiki/Gadag_district" title="Gadag district">Gadag</a> to <a href="/wiki/Satara_district" title="Satara district">Satara</a> along with his pastoral herd and kul-devta; the Sambhu Mahadev was thus installed at a hill-top in Singhnapur.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historical records indicate that this shrine received extensive patronage from Maloji onwards.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, there exists a branch of the Bhosles named "Sirsat Bhosles" and Bhosle (or "Bhosale") is linguistically similar to "Hoysala".<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Madhukar_Keshav_Dhavalikar" title="Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar">M. K. Dhavalikar</a> found the work to convincingly explain the foundation of the Bhosle clan (as well as Sambhu Mahadev cult).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vajpeyi too advocates that Dhere's theory be probed in greater detail — "[f]rom pastoralist big men to warlords on horseback, is not an impossible distance to cover in two to three centuries."<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Shivaji_and_invented_origins">Shivaji and invented origins</h4></div> <p>By 1670s, <a href="/wiki/Shivaji" title="Shivaji">Shivaji</a> had acquired extensive territory and wealth from his campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But, lacking a formal crown, he had no operational legitimacy to rule his <i>de facto</i> domain and technically, remained subject to his Mughal (or Deccan Sultanate) overlords; in the hierarchy of power, Shivaji's position remained similar to fellow Maratha chieftains.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, he was often opposed by the orthodox Brahmin community of Maharashtra.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A coronation sanctioned by the Brahmins was thus planned, in a bid to proclaim sovereignty and legitimize his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BaviskarAttwood2013_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaviskarAttwood2013-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On proposing the Brahmins of his court to have him proclaimed as the rightful king, a controversy erupted: the regnal status was reserved for those belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">kshatriya</a> <a href="/wiki/Varna_(Hinduism)" title="Varna (Hinduism)">varna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gandhi1999_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gandhi1999-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Allison2011_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allison2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Not only was there a fundamental dispute among scholars on whether any true Kshatriya survived in the Kali Yuga,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> having been all destroyed by <a href="/wiki/Parashurama" title="Parashurama">Parashurama</a> but also Shivaji's grandfather was a tiller-headman, Shivaji did not wear the sacred thread, and his marriage was not in accordance with the Kshatriya customs.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BaviskarAttwood2013_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaviskarAttwood2013-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Deshpande_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deshpande-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, the Brahmins had him categorised as a <a href="/wiki/Shudra" title="Shudra">shudra</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BaviskarAttwood2013_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BaviskarAttwood2013-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Compelled to postpone his coronation, Shivaji had his secretary Balaji Avji Chitnis sent to the Sisodiyas of Mewar for inspection of the royal genealogies; Avji returned with a favorable finding — Shahji turned out to be a descendant of Chacho Sisodiya, a half-Rajput uncle of <a href="/wiki/Mokal_Singh" title="Mokal Singh">Mokal Singh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaga Bhatt, a famed Brahmin of <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Banaras</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was then hired to ratify Chitnis' find, and the Bhonsles were now permitted to stake a claim to Kshatriya caste.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Allison2011_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allison2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coronation would be re-executed in June 1674 but only after going through a long list of preludes.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>o<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Led by Bhatt, who employed traditional Hindu imagery in an unprecedented scale, the first phase had Shivaji penance for having lived as a Maratha despite being a Kshatriya.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keay2011_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keay2011-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then came the sacred thread ceremony ('maunjibandhanam') followed by remarriage according to Kshatriya customs ('mantra-vivah') and a sequence of Vedic rituals before the eventual coronation ('abhisheka') — a public spectacle of enormous expense that heralded the rebirth of Shivaji as a Kshatriya king.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>p<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Panegyrics composed by court-poets during these spans (and afterward) reinforced onto the public memory that Shivaji (and the Bhonsles) indeed belonged from the Sisodiyas.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Allison2011_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allison2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the Kshatriyization was not unanimous; a section of Brahmins continued to deny the Kshatriya status.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brahmins of the Peshwa period rejected Bhatt's acceptance of Shivaji's claims and blamed the non-dharmic coronation for all ills that plagued Shivaji and his heirs—in tune with the general Brahminical sentiment to categorize all Marathas as Shudras, carte-blanche; there have been even claims that Bhatt was excommunicated by Maratha Brahmins for his role in the coronation of Shivaji!<sup id="cite_ref-Deshpande_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deshpande-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Interestingly, all claims to Rajput ancestry had largely vanished from the family's subsequent projections of identity.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Accuracy">Accuracy</h4></div> <p>Vajpeyi notes the "veridical status" of Chitnis' finds to be not determinable to "historical certainty" — the links were tenuous at best and inventive at worst.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shivaji was not a Rajput and the sole purpose of the lineage was to guarantee Shivaji's consecration as a Kshatriya, in a tactic that had clear parallels to <a href="/wiki/Rajputisation" title="Rajputisation">Rajputisation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>q<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jadunath Sarkar deemed that the genealogy was cleverly fabricated by Balaji Awji and after some reluctance accepted by Gaga Bhatt, who in turn was "rewarded with a huge fee". <a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Kashinath_Rajwade" title="Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade">V. K. Rajwade</a>, Dhere, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Allison_Busch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Allison Busch (page does not exist)">Allison Busch</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Keay" title="John Keay">John Keay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Audrey_Truschke" title="Audrey Truschke">Audrey Truschke</a> also agree with Sarkar about the fabrication.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarkar1992_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarkar1992-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Keay2011_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keay2011-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Allison2011_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allison2011-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Govind_Sakharam_Sardesai" title="Govind Sakharam Sardesai">G. S. Sardesai</a> notes that the descent is "not authentically proved".<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>r<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_N._Gordon" title="Stewart N. Gordon">Stewart N. Gordon</a> does not pass any judgement but notes Bhatt to be a "creative Brahmin".<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Wink" title="André Wink">André Wink</a> deems that the Sisodia genealogical claim is destined to remain disputed forever.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Princely_States">Princely States</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Satara_State" title="Satara State">Satara State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolhapur_State" title="Kolhapur State">Kolhapur State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_Maratha_kingdom" title="Thanjavur Maratha kingdom">Thanjavur State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagpur State">Nagpur State</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-google1_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google1-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Akkalkot_State" title="Akkalkot State">Akkalkot State</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sawantwadi_State" title="Sawantwadi State">Sawantwadi State</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Barshi" title="Barshi">Barshi</a><sup id="cite_ref-akola.nic.in_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-akola.nic.in-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were amongst the prominent states ruled by the Bhonsles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maratha_dynasties_and_states" title="List of Maratha dynasties and states">List of Maratha dynasties and states</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The precise familial relation between Mudhoji/Rupali and Suryaji is unclear.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stewart Gordon and other scholars deem the "deśmukhī" to have served as a 'hinge' between the local populace and the imperial authority which frequently changed. Without their loyalty, commanding authority in newly conquered territories was difficult.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Bayly" title="Susan Bayly">Susan Bayly</a> and Eraly however emphasize that the Marathas were located outside the peripheries of <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahminism</a> and people thereof did not form any rigid caste.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Eraly2000_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eraly2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vajpeyi however notes that the Bhonsles almost-certainly never featured in the traditional list of 96 families, which allegedly composed the Maratha identity.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This was published in "Sikhar Singanapurca Sri Sambhu Mahadev" (2002) for the first time.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The caste-status of these Yadavas and whether they were a part of Bahminical hiearchy is disputed.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Hoysalas as well as the Yadavas were competing feudatories of the Chalukyas with battles being as much common as matrimonial alliances.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The migration was prob. motivated by pervasive droughts in the region and an opportunity to seek out some independence for himself.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The shrine continues to serve as one of the most significant Shaivite shrine in modern Maharashtra.<sup id="cite_ref-Feldhaus_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feldhaus-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Texts produced under patronage of Shahaji make explicit connection between the Bhosales and Balip. Also, the "samadhi" (memorial) of Sambhaji, Shivaji, and Shahuji neighbor the shrine.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>However, for a span of about 250 years — from Balip to Kheloji — the history of the shrine is not clear.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Most of the great Maratha Jahagirdar families in the service of Adilshahi strongly opposed Shivaji in his early years. These included families such as the Ghadge, More, Mohite, Ghorpade, Shirke, and Nimbalkar.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Madhav Deshpande notes that one of the oldest texts in support of such a viewpoint was drafted by Kamalakara Bhatta, a paternal uncle of Gaga Bhatta.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>However, he was hardly a radical (unlike Nagesbhatta, to whom even the Rajputs were Shudras) and allowed expiatory rites for the rare "fallen" Kshatriya-Shudras, provided he did not exceed the upanayana age-limit of 22 years. In his judgement, he was following his father Ramkrsna Bhatta as well as grandfather Narayana Bhatta.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chacho was born of a Khati concubine and in contemporary times, was pejoratively referred to as a <i>khātanvālā.</i><sup id="cite_ref-Kothiyal_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kothiyal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People like Chacho were categorized into separate caste-groups at the lower end of the hierarchy—even unfit for inter-dining with—, and excluded from Rajput <i>ganayats</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kothiyal_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kothiyal-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gaga Bhatt was a preeminent legal scholar, whose scholarship focused on the relative status of different varnas across different regions. Shivaji was already in contact with him since 1664, when he was asked to adjudicate upon whether the Saraswat Brahmins (then, Syenavis) were indeed Brahmins.<sup id="cite_ref-Deshpande_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deshpande-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is very plausible that the idea of coronation was Bhatt's suggestion — during the previous encounter, he had already proclaimed Shivaji to have born into a "pure royal family".<sup id="cite_ref-Deshpande_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Deshpande-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Bayly" title="Susan Bayly">Susan Bayly</a> views the episode to reflect fluidity in the caste system.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Contemporary Dutch East India Company archives<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> indicate that even then, Shivaji's upgradation of status was only accepted by Brahmins after he had promised them to not rule tyrannically anymore.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The expense was huge enough to impose a coronation tax on his subjects for the next few years.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">She however cautions that the summary rejection of Shivaji's ancestry claims in contemporary historiographical literature often stemmed from a Brahminical anti-Maratha perspective, imbibed from the Peshwas.<sup id="cite_ref-varma-saberwal_5-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-varma-saberwal-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sardesai noted that the claims were supported by some 'firman's in possession of the Raja of Mudhol but many scholars [unidentified] considered them to be forged.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gordon however points out that Shivaji might have "thought of himself as a Rajput" since long back. He evidences a letter (1656) sent by Shahji to Adil Shah II where they had boasted of Rajput pride and another letter (18 July 1666) from Parkaldas (an officer under Jai Singh) to Kalyandas, where three Rajput chieftains are noted to be admiring of Shivaji as a great Rajput with all the "characteristic qualities".<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div> Vajpeyi interprets the former use to signify an exalted royal status rather than any connection with the Rajput clans. A. Sievler deems the latter translation to be dubious; Mehendale comments that "Rajput" simply meant a Kshatriya in the context. In another contemporary source—a letter from Jai Singh himself to his Prime Minister—, we see Shivaji being regarded to belong from a low caste (and pedigree), who was not even fit for inter-dining with Rajputs.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In a footnote, Wink mentions of two letters before the coronation ceremony, where Shivaji had referred to himself as a Rajput.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKulkarni1990" class="citation web cs1">Kulkarni, Prashant P. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lalsot" title="Battle of Lalsot">Lalsot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaksana" title="Battle of Chaksana">Chaksana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Patan" title="Battle of Patan">Patan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kharda" title="Battle of Kharda">Kharda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poona" title="Battle of Poona">Poona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi_(1803)" title="Battle of Delhi (1803)">3rd Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Assaye" title="Battle of Assaye">Assaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Laswari" title="Battle of Laswari">Laswari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Farrukhabad" title="Battle of Farrukhabad">Farrukhabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Bharatpur_(1805)" title="Siege of Bharatpur (1805)">Bharatpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khadki" title="Battle of Khadki">Khadki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Koregaon" title="Battle of Koregaon">Koregaon</a></li> 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