{
  "g": "h,empire,asia",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Maratha Empire",
  "now": "india",
  "years": "1674–1818",
  "id": "maratha",
  "index": "c/india:1674",
  "title": "Bhagwa Dhwaj of the Maratha Empire",
  "ratio": "15:7",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "saffron",
      "hex": "#ff9700",
      "cmyk": "0/41/100/0",
      "note": "Bhagwa — the Hindu sacred saffron."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Maratha Empire (1674–1818) flew the **Bhagwa Dhwaj** (saffron banner), a swallowtail pennant long associated with Hindu kingship and Shivaji Maharaj's Hindavi Swarajya\n - **Construction:** a plain saffron swallowtail flag — rectangular at the hoist tapering to two points at the fly\n - The swallowtail form derives from the Hindu dhvaja tradition; variants with the Raja Mudra (Shivaji's royal seal) were also used",
  "flag": "empires/maratha.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Maratha Empire",
    "officialName": "Maratha Confederacy",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Shivaji Maharaj was crowned Chhatrapati in 1674, formally founding the Maratha kingdom\n - At its peak the Maratha Confederacy controlled most of the Indian subcontinent, reducing the Mughals to a nominal presence\n - The British East India Company fought three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775–1818) before finally breaking Maratha power",
  "_name": "Maratha Empire",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "maratha"
}