[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of the Mahrattas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826) › v2.c55.76 # A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.76 A History of the Mahrattas v2.c55.76 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c55.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.76) ¹ \[Kāthiāwār (Kattywar) is the peninsula lying between 20° 41′ and 23° 8′ N. and 68° 56′ and 72° 20′ E., and standing out into the Arabian Sea between the smaller projection of Cutch and the straight line of the Gujarāt coast. Kāthiāwār was known to the Greeks and Romans by the name of Σαυραστρήνη. The Muhammadans called it Sorāth, and to this day a large division in the south-west retains that title. The large tract to the east, however, has long been known as Kāthiāwār, having been overrun by the Kāthis, who entered the peninsula from Cutch in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In the fifteenth century the whole tribe was driven out of Cutch, and in that and the following century conquered considerable territory. The Marāthās, who came into contact with them in their forays and were sometimes successfully repelled by them, extended the name of Kāthiāwār to the whole province, and from them has been borrowed the name in this wider sense. Brahmans and Indians generally still speak of the province as Surāshtra. - [Previous: v2.c55.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.75) - [Next: v2.c55.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.77) - [Up: v2.c55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.grantduff-1826.v2.c55.76) · Pramāṇa