Shivaji and His Times c17.s2.2
Shivaji and His Times c17.s2.2
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c17.s2.2
The treasure and other valuable things left behind by Shivaji are enumerated in great detail by Sabhasad (95-96) and the *Tarik-i-Shivaji* (42-44.) But we cannot be sure that all the figures have been correctly copied in the MSS. of these two works that have come down to us. Moreover, the gold and silver coins were of such an immense variety of denominations countries and ages,—a faithful index to the wide range and thorough character of Shivaji’s looting campaigns,—that it is impossible to reduce the total value of his hoard to any modern currency with even tolerable accuracy. The curious English reader is referred to my translation of *T. S.* in the *Modern Review* of January 1910 and to Manker’s translation of Sabhasad.