Shivaji and His Times c20.s8.t1.6
Shivaji and His Times c20.s8.t1.6
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104. *Shivadigvijay*, ed. or published by P. R. Nandurbarkar and L. K. Dandekar, (Baroda, 1895). Falsely described as written by Khando Ballal (the son of Shivaji's secretary Balaji Avji) in 1718. Fabricated by a writer familiar with the style of modern vernacular novels written by imitators of Bankim Chandra Chatterji. Too much gush (esp. pp. 453, 208, 444), rhetorical padding and digression. The author speaks of an English general being present at Shivaji's coronation (p. 435) and of goods from Calcutta being used in decorating his hall in 1674 (p. 417) !!! Shiva bows to his mother two years after her death (p. 296) ! Tanaji Malusare visits Haidarabad seven years after his death ! (p. 301.)