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Vatandar (or Watandar) is an Indian term meaning "landholder". The title was given to landowners, particularly with the Maratha community in Maharashtra, who were a ruling caste in Ancient India. The vatandar generally owned a plot of land or ''vatan/watan'' worked by the local people, who were dependent on the vatandar for their subsistence. In some cases, ''vatan'' land and the title ''vatandar'' were awarded to an individual by a higher ruler as reward for meritorious service. ==Sources== *The State and the Village Community in Medieval Maharashtra (Seventeenth-Eighteenth Century AD)/Mily Roy Anand. New Delhi, Rajat, 2005, vii, 119 p., ISBN 81-7880-156-6. *http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Ahmadnagar/gen_admin_collector.html *''Medieval Indian History''. Krishnaji Nageshrao Chitnis. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2003 ISBN 81-7156-062-8, 978-81-7156-062-2. () *''Administrative System of the Marathas''. Surendra Nath Sen, Published by K. P. Bagchi, 1976 Pg. 18,21,141 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vatandar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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