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Editorial atlas · Maratha Swarajya & Expansion

India Map 1721 CE — Historical Map & Timeline

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj builds Swarajya through forts, administration, mobility and command of difficult terrain.

The interactive map shows the atlas’s nearest drawn reconstruction (1674 CE). Frontiers moved in between, so use the list of powers below for 1721 CE.

Who ruled India in 1721 CE?

In 1721 CE, power in the subcontinent was shared among 7 major states and dynasties. Dates are conventional estimates.

What happened in India around 1721 CE?

Historical Events & Sourced Records (1721 CE)

Maratha power grows beyond its founder

After Shivaji Maharaj’s death, the state survived severe Mughal pressure and later expanded under the Chhatrapatis, Peshwas and several powerful Maratha houses. This wider confederated order was influential across much of the subcontinent but was not a single uniformly centralized administration.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica — Maratha confederacy

1721 ईस्वी में भारत का नक्शा: मराठा स्वराज्य

1721 ईस्वी का यह इंटरैक्टिव नक्शा मराठा स्वराज्य के समय का भारत दिखाता है। छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज किलों, प्रशासन और कठिन भूगोल पर नियंत्रण से स्वराज्य बनाते हैं।

1721 ईस्वी में भारत पर किसका शासन था? मुग़ल साम्राज्य, मराठा स्वराज्य और साम्राज्य, मैसूर राज्य, मेवाड़, अहोम राज्य, पुर्तगाली भारत, बंगाल के नवाब।

1721 mein Bharat ke pramukh rajya: Mughal Empire, Maratha Swarajya and Empire (Chhatrapati Shahu), Kingdom of Mysore. Ye Maratha Swarajya ka daur tha.