New History of the Marathas v3.c37.2

v3.c37.2

I have called this book a New History: but that title need not be taken to claim for it the rank of a definitive standard authority. My aim has been much humbler,—to pour out to the sympathetic reader all that an ordinary son of Maharashtra has thought and felt, as he studied and pondered on the storied past of his country during his life of more than four score years. In spite of the long list of my historical works, I do not claim to be a scholar or even a trained historian, but only an eager tireless worker. Call this my final work, if you like, the table-talk of an ardent seeker after knowledge.