[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928) › c20.1 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.1 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c20.1 - **Language:** English ### [c20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.1) \*Aftabgir\* (or \*Aftabgiri\*, \*Aftagir\*) — ‘This sun screen (\*aftab\*, sun; \*gir\*, root of \*giriftan\*, to take), shaped like an open palm-leaf fan, was also called \*suraj-mukhi\* (Hindi, literally, sun-face). By the Moghul rules it could only be granted to royal princes (\*Mirat-ul-Istilah\*, fol. 3). In the eighteenth century, however, the Mahrattas adopted it as one of their commonest ensigns, and even the smallest group of their cavalry was in the habit of carrying one.’ Irvine, \*The Army of the Indian Moghuls\*, p. 34. - [Previous: c19.s3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c19.s3.1) - [Next: c20.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.2) - [Up: c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c20.1) · Pramāṇa