How the Maratha, Kunbi identities have changed over the course of history
				
																	
								
				The crystallisation of the term ‘Maratha’ probably occurred between 1400 and 1600 C.E. to describe a newly emerging service elite — the chiefs who brought bands of followers to serve the Bahamani kingdom and its five successor states				
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
					
		