Kartar Singh Duggal (2001). Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Last to Lay Arms. Abhinav Publications. pp.107–108. ISBN 978-81-7017-410-3. The Muslim accounts of Ranjit Singh's rule were questioned by Sikh historians of the same era. For example, Ratan Singh Bhangu in 1841 wrote that these accounts were not accurate, and according to Anne Murphy, he remarked, "when would a Musalman praise the Sikhs?" [128] In contrast, the colonial era British military officer Hugh Pearse in 1898 criticised Ranjit Singh's rule, as one founded on "violence, treachery and blood". [129] Sohan Seetal disagrees with this account and states that Ranjit Singh had encouraged his army to respond with a " tit for tat" against the enemy, violence for violence, blood for blood, plunder for plunder. [130] Decline Fresco of Maharaja Ranjit Singh meeting with his potential heirs

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Rana, Yudhvir (24 June 2018). "Jandiala utensils: Age-old craft of thatheras to get new life". The Times of India – Chandigarh News . Retrieved 1 July 2019. Rana Prime ministers of Nepal used the title of Shree Teen Maharaja while the Gorkha Kings used Shree Panch Maharajadhiraja. Das, Aditya (2016). Defending British India Against Napoleon: The Foreign Policy of Governor-General Lord Minto, 1807–13. Boydell & Brewer. p.133. ISBN 978-1-78327-129-0.McLeod, W. H. (1976). The evolution of the Sikh community: five essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-826529-8. OCLC 2140005. Tuberculosis: Poor Awareness Leads to Poor Control". Journal of Sheikh Zayed Medical College. 11 (3): 1–2. 2021. doi: 10.47883/jszmc.v11i03.158. ISSN 2305-5235. S2CID 236800828. Major, Andrew J. (1991). "The Punjabi Chieftains and the Transition from Sikh to British Rule". In DA Low (ed.). The Political Inheritance of Pakistan. Springer, Cambridge University Commonwealth Series. pp.53–85. doi: 10.1007/978-1-349-11556-3_3. ISBN 978-1-349-11558-7. Normally in Thai Buddhist temples, Vessavana Maharaja (or the Thais called Him ท้าวเวสสุวรรณ "Thao Vessuwan") is only presented in green colour or white colour body form, quite seldom in red or gold colour). The word Maharaja may be understood simply to mean "ruler" or "king", in spite of its literal translation as "great king". This was because only a handful of the states were truly powerful and wealthy enough for their rulers to be considered 'great' monarchs; the remaining were minor princely states, sometimes little more than towns or groups of villages. The word, however, can also mean emperor in contemporary Indian usage.

Atwal, Priya (2020). Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire. C. Hurst (Publishers) Limited. ISBN 978-1-78738-308-1. Thomas J. Samuelian (2000), Armenian origins: an overview of ancient and modern sources and theories, Iravunq Publishing House, ... Cognate Chart Sanskrit: Maha Greek: Mega English: Much ... Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well. As India gained independence from British Crown in 1947, Crown allies, most of which were princely India, ceded into the Dominion of India by 1950. With that, the title and the role of maharaja was replaced with that of rajpramukh and soon governor. This article is part of a series about the Kingdom of Mysore Chakravarti is a Sanskrit term for "emperor". The meaning of chakravarti is "he, whose wheels of chariot is moving" which symbolizes that the leader who is a war hero, who commands over vast land and sea, the one who rules the people with dedication. In the Mahabharata, the Chakravarti Bharat is known to have ruled the entire sub-continent of India brought golden age to his kingdom. He is called as chakravarti.Graham, Ian (2016). Scarlet Women: The Scandalous Lives of Courtesans, Concubines, and Royal Mistresses. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-250-06263-5.