Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c60.s2.1

v4.c60.s2.1

The Marāthi despatches (and other State papers) fall into certain well-defined groups. First, the cream of the State archives of the Peshwās has been published in 45 volumes under the title of *Selections from the Peshwas' Daftar*, edited by G. S. Sardesai. Next comes the Menāvli Daftar, or the documents sent to the Punā Government officially and to Nānā Fadnis personally, while he was the prime minister (*c.* 1780-1795). These were kept at his country-seat in Menāvli, a village in the Satara district. They fell into the hands of D. B. Parasnis, who printed most of the material in his monthly magazine the *Itihās Sangraha*, under various titles. The bulk has been sold to the Bombay Government by his heirs, and is now kept in Punā.