Editing Maharaja (section)

===Compound and dynastic ruler titles===
* ''Dharma-maharaja'' was the devout title (compare Rajadharma) of the rulers of the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty|Ganga dynasty]].

In the [[Mughal Empire]] it was quite common to award to various princes (hereditary or not) a series of lofty titles as a matter of protocolary rank. The British would, as paramount power do the same.
Many of these (see also above) elaborate explicitly on the title Maharaja, in the following descending order:
* ''Maharajadhiraja Bahadur'' (or ''Maharajadhiraj Bahadur''): a title of honour, one degree higher than Maharajadhiraja.
* ''Maharajadhiraja'' (or ''Maharajadhiraj''): one degree higher than Sawai Maharaja Bahadur.
* ''Sawai Maharaja Bahadur'': a title of honour, one degree higher than Sawai Maharaja. (the term ''bahadur'', originally 'brave' in Persian, was often used for 'one-degree' higher', and 'sawai' is 'one and a quarter higher', i.e. just a step above bahadur)
* ''Sawai Maharaja'': a title of honour one degree higher than Maharaja Bahadur; as granted (directly) to the Rajas of Ajaygarh.
* ''Maharaja Bahadur'': a title of honour, one degree higher than Maharaja.

[[File:Shivaji British Museum.jpg|thumb| [[Shivaji|Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhosale]]. The [[Maratha]] ruler preferred the title of [[Chhatrapati]] as against Maharaja and was the founder and sovereign of the [[Maratha Kingdom]] in India]]
[[File:Prithvinarayanshah.jpg|thumb|Sri Panch Bada Mahārājādhirāja [[Prithvi Narayan Shah|Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev]] of Nepal.]]
[[File:Khengarji III.jpg|thumb| His Highness Maharajadhiraj Mirza Maharao Shri Sir [[Khengarji III of Kutch|Khengarji III]] Sawai Bahadur, Rao of Kutch, GCIE, KIH]]
[[File:Maharaja_Partab_Singh_(1848_-_1925).jpg|thumb|Maharaja Sir [[Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir]]]]
[[File:Palden Thondup Namgyal.jpg|thumb|Maharaja [[Chogyal]] [[Palden Thondup Namgyal]] of [[Kingdom of Sikkim|Sikkim]]]]

Furthermore, there were various compound titles simply including other princely styles, such as:
* ''Maharaja [[Chatrapati]]'' in [[Satara State|Satara]], the paramount state of the [[Maratha Confederacy]]
* H.H. the ''Maharaj Rana'' of [[Jhalawar]]
* ''Maharaja-i-Rajgan'': great prince amongst princes
* ''Maharaja [[Sena dynasty|Sena]] Sahib Subah'' of [[Nagpur]], another [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] state
* ''Maharaj [[Babu (title)|Babu]]'': A [[Rajput]] title similar to Maharaja. Used by the ruling Chiefs of Hazari Estate, Dohazari of South [[Chittagong]].
* For details concerning various titles containing [[sahib]], see there

Certain Hindu dynasties even came to use a unique style, including a term which as such is not of princely rank, e.g. [[Maharaja Gaikwar]] of [[Baroda State|Baroda]], [[Maharaja Scindia|Maharaja Shinde (or later anglicised: Scindia)]] of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]], [[Maharaja Holkar]] of Indore, three of the very highest ranking ruling [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha]] houses.