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'''{{lang|sa|Kshatriya Kulavatans}}''' is a title of nobility, which was conferred upon the seventeenth century Indian warrior king, <!--DO NOT add "Chhatrapati". No other rulers are given their title this way on WP. It will be REMOVED.-->[[Shivaji]] Bhonsale I,<!--DO NOT CHANGE to "Bhonsle". There is a separate article on that Maratha sub-clan. IMPORTANT--> at the time of his coronation.<ref name="Sardesai2002">{{cite book|author=H. S. Sardesai|title=Shivaji, the Great Maratha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deHZAUDHzYwC&pg=PA431|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-286-7|page=431}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Khot |first=Tanaji |url=http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=add&sectid=62&contentid=201005312010053101173673567d078ff&subsite= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624220916/http://www.punemirror.in/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=add&sectid=62&contentid=201005312010053101173673567d078ff&subsite= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-24 |title=Pune Mirror |publisher=Punemirror.in |date=2010-05-31 |access-date=2013-11-29 }}</ref><ref name="Kulkarnee1975">{{cite book|author=Narayan H. Kulkarnee|title=Chhatrapati Shivaji, Architect of Freedom: An Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faodAAAAMAAJ&q=kshatriya+Kulawatans|year=1975|publisher=Chhatrapati Shivaji Smarak Samiti}}</ref><ref name="Singh1998">{{cite book|author=U. B. Singh|title=Administrative System in India: Vedic Age to 1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S30xOPtnzZYC&pg=PA92|year=1998|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-928-3|page=92}}</ref><ref name="Singh">{{cite book|author=Singh|title=The Pearson Indian History Manual for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsiXwh_tIGkC&pg=RA1-PA182|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-1753-0|page=182}}</ref><ref name="Mahaley1969">{{cite book|author=K. L. Mahaley|title=Shivaji, the Pragmatist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bh5-ALtVMroC|year=1969|publisher=Vishwa Bharati Prakashan}}</ref> ''[[Kshatriya]]'' is one of the four [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]]s{{efn|''Varna'' is sometimes also termed {{lang|sa|[[Varnashrama Dharma]]}} }} of [[Hinduism]] and {{lang|sa|kulavantas}} means the 'head of the {{lang|sa|kula}}, or race'.<ref name="Sharma1978">{{cite book|author=Tej Ram Sharma|title=Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcnnB-Lx2MAC&pg=PA72|year=1978|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|page=72|id=GGKEY:RYD56P78DL9}}</ref><br />
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On 24 June 1674, Shivaji was crowned as the first Chhatrapati ('emperor' or 'supreme lord'), of the [[Maratha Empire]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pillai |first1=Manu S. |title=Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji |date=2018 |publisher=Juggernaut Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-93-86228-73-4 |page=xvi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Chandra |first1=Satish |title=Medieval India: Society, the jagirdari crisis, and the village |date=1982 |publisher=Macmillan |location=Delhi |isbn=978-0-333-90396-4 |page=140}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Indian honorifics]]<br />
* [[Bhonsle]], a Maratha clan of the [[Kunbi]] caste, of tiller-agricultural origin, to which <!--DO NOT ADD THE TERM "Chatrapati" HERE. IT WILL BR REMOVED-->Shivaji belonged<br />
* [[Chhatrapati]], title of Shivaji Bhonsale I ({{IPA-mr|ʃiʋaˑd͡ʒiˑ bʱoˑs(ə)leˑ}})<br />
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[[Category:Titles in India]]<br />
[[Category:Noble titles]]<br />
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