Amreli

Amreli lies in the interior of Saurashtra, among the plains and low hills of Kathiawar. In the eighteenth century the Maratha general Damaji Rao Gaekwad extended his influence into the peninsula. He established military posts at Amreli and nearby Lathi in 1742–43, placing the town within the expanding authority of the Gaekwad rulers of Baroda. Local chiefs and communities continued to shape the surrounding countryside under this larger power.