Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.2

v4.c44.2

During the half century that has passed since I started my investigation, a marvellous expansion of our available sources has taken place. Nearly the whole of the Statepapers and other valuable records in the Marathi language have been printed ; the records of the Central Government of India and the National Archives of France have at last been thrown unreservedly open to scholars, and both of them have begun valuable publication work. The Bombay Government’s achievement has been most creditable, as the cream of their Marathi records and all the English Residency correspondence have been made available in print. Even Rajput jealousy has been disarmed, and the priceless Jaipur records of the Mughal times are now allowed to be read. Every Marātha State now considers it a duty to publish its historical papers under careful editorship.