The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t8.13

c14.s9.t8.13

There is a tendency among historiographers of today to sit in judgment on the Marathas with the canons of modern nationalism, democracy, social justice, "economic planning" and what not. This is an entirely fallacious method and ought by all means to be avoided. On the other hand, it is necessary also to be more critical and objective in regard to the achievements of the "golden age" of Hindu history, such, for instance, as those for which the Hindu states from those of the Mauryas to those of the Cholas and Senas are responsible. The contributions of the Marathas of the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries to the politics and culture of the Indian people would appear to be more or less on a par with, and the significant continuations of, those of the pre-Moslem Hindu races.