Shivaji and His Times c20.s3.4

c20.s3.4

This recension has been printed, but the Marathi text, in both the editions, is full of copyists' errors or wrong readings, and the English translation (in Forrest) is horribly incorrect in the proper names and dates. (But their correction would be very easy for one who knows all the sources for Shivaji). The Persian version clearly goes back to Malkare's source but also derived a portion of its information from some other work than Dattaji's. After the necessary corrections of names and dates have been made and the loose traditions weeded out, the substratum that remains is of high historical value and is in several points corroborated by unimpeachable records of Shivaji's time. When judiciously used it is a very helpful supplement to Sabhasad.