Mânthava: Báhika town, [534].
Mantrasástris: proficient in charms, [161].
Mantris: agents, [209].
Mányakheta: modern Málkhed, [120]; capital of Dakhan Ráshṭrakúṭas, [128], [130], [519]. See Málkhet.
Márá Śárva: king of east Málwa, submits to Govind III., [123].
Marásthalí: Márwár, [470].
Maráthás: their ascendancy in Gujarát (1760–1802), [227]; raids on Surat (1664), [284]; (1699), [291]; threaten Surat (1700), [292]; enter Gujarát under Dhanáji Jádhav (1705), [293]; plunder Mahudha, enter Ahmedábád and levy tribute (1707), [295], [296]; defeated at Ankleshvar (1711), [297]; plunder the treasure escorted by Muhammad Tabrízí (1713), [388]; yearly raids into Gujarát, [297]; besiege Vadnagar (1725), [307]; quarrels between their leaders Dámáji and Kántáji; under Dámáji expel the Viramgám Kasbátis; under Rangoji are defeated at Dholka by Ratansingh, [316], [317]; defeat Rustam Ali governor of Surat, [305]; defeated by Khánahzád at Sojitra and Kapadvanj (1725), [307]; compel Mubáriz-ul-mulk to confirm his predecessor’s grants in their favour (1726), [307]; make terms with the viceroy of Gujarát, [314]; driven out of Baroda (1732), [394]; defeat Sher Khán Bábi and capture Baroda (1734), [314–315]; capture Kapadvanj (1736), [317]; expelled from Viramgám fort; call in the aid of Momín Khán; take Viramgám, [323–324]; take Petlád, [327]; engagements with Momín Khán, [340], [341], [342]; their arrangements in Ahmedábád (1758); strike coins of their own at the Ahmedábád mint, [342]; levy tribute in Umeta, Bálásinor, Lunáváḍa, Visalnagar, and Pálanpur (1758), [343]; their supremacy in Gujarát (1760–1819), [345], [385]; help the Ráo of Kachh in an expedition against Thatta in Sind (1758), [398]; join in a league against the English (1780); driven from their posts in Ankleshvar, Hánsot, and Ámod by the English (1780), [408]; close of their supremacy (1819), [428–429].
Marco Polo: Italian traveller (1290), [501], [504].
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: (161–180), [537].
Marinos: of Tyre, [537].