The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t12.22

c14.s9.t12.22

In Rāmachandrapant's *Ādnāpatra* or *Rājanīti* (1716) we observed that the author was writing something historical about the Marathas but that he incorporated general ideas from the traditional Sanskrit texts. With Malhār Rām Rāo Chitniṣ the inspiration is just the opposite. He has prepared in Marathi a succinct summary of the Sanskrit *nītiśāstras*. But he has introduced one or two Maratha features. And yet these Marathisms have been made use of so few and far between and in such a skilful manner that it will take a special study on the strength of authentic historical records to detect the references to Maratha institutions.