New History of the Marathas v2.c24.s2.92
New History of the Marathas v2.c24.s2.92
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v2.c24.s2.92
8. Shahu’s benevolence.—Few realize the severe agony of Shahu’s captive lot in the Mughal camp for seventeen years during the entire formative period of a man’s life. The result was that when at last he came to the throne he never chose to shine on the field of battle like his father and grand-father ; added to this his surrender of all power into the hands of the