Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Marathi people or Maharashtrians (Marathi: मराठी माणसे marāṭhī mānasé) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that inhabits the Maharashtra region and state of western India. Their language Marathi is part of the southern group of Indo-Aryan languages. Although their history goes back more than two millennia the community came to prominence when Maratha warriors under Shivaji established the Maratha Empire in 1674.
