It is based on the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who was an Indian warrior-king and the 1st Chhatrapati of Maratha Empire from the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out an enclave from the declining Adilshahi sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Empire. In 1674, he was formally crowned as the Chhatrapati (emperor) of his self-made realm at Raigad.