A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s4.21

v1.c5.s4.21

By the commencement of the sixteenth century Mahārāshtra was ready to welcome a literature which would recall the past achievements of heroes and at the same time fan the embers of her martial ardour; and thus, after an almost complete silence of two centuries, there appeared in satisfaction of the popular need such works as the Marāthī versions of the Mahābhārata, the abhangas of Tukārām, the Dasa Bōdha of Rāmdās, the Purānic excerpts of Vāman Pandit, and Dāsopant’s commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.