The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c24.s9.15

v4.c24.s9.15

The vast collection of MSS., State Papers, and other documents in the Alienation Office, Poona (the Poona Daftar), and the collections made by V. K. Rājwāde, D. B. Pārasnīs, and other scholars, and housed in the Bhārata Itihāsa Mandala at Poona and the Historical Museum at Sātārā, together with the Daftars of the various Marāthā States, constitute the chief original sources for the period in Marāthī. The State Papers in the Poona Alienation Office have now been thoroughly sifted by Mr G. S. Sardesai, and forty-six volumes of Selections have been published under the auspices of the Government of Bombay. At the time of writing (1935) the papers in the Poona Residency Records are also being examined by Sir J. Sarkār and Mr Sardesai, with a view to the publication of similar volumes of Selections. The chief volumes of Selections at present printed are as follows: