Author Description

No life of Shivaji has up to the present appeared in English. Yet we can hardly exaggerate the importance, in the history of modern India, of the great chieftain who laid the foundations of the Maratha Empire. Fortunately, the materials for such a compilation are good and abundant. The Rise of the Maratha Power (Bombay 1912) is spoilt by the author's exaggerated views on his hero's merits and achievements. One of the most valuable books to the student of Maratha history is that extraordinary monument of scholarly research and diligence.