See also:

• GAEKWAR, or GUICOWAR

GAEKWAR, or GUICOWAR  , the See also:

• FAMILY

family name of the Mahratta rulers of See also:

• BARODA

Baroda (q.v.) in western See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, which has been converted by the See also:

• ENGLISH

English into a dynastic See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title . It is derived from the See also:

• VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

vernacular word for the cow, but it is a See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake to suppose that the family are of the cowherd See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste ; they belong to the upper class of See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas proper, sometimes claiming a See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput origin . The See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty was founded by a See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession of three warriors, Damaji I., Pilaji and Damaji II., who established Mahratta supremacy throughout See also:

• GUJARAT

Gujarat during the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .