Shivaji and His Times c20.s6.1

c20.s6.1

I have not found it safe to make any but a very cautious and sparing use of these three classes of materials in my book. Tested in those points where genuine contemporary evidence of other kinds is available, the whole class of Kaifiyat literature and the Tanjore inscription (carved in 1803) are often proved to have recorded opium-eaters' tales as history. Many of their dates are ludicrously incorrect and persons are made to tread the earth and figure in action before their birth or after their death as known beyond doubt I