The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t8.4

c14.s9.t8.4

The work begins with the short historical survey of the *Svarājya*, the Maratha state, from Śivāji the founder down to 1716, the year of the promulgation of the edict by Sambhāji II, son of Rājārām who began to rule at Kolhapur in 1712. In the course of this survey the author has tried to bring in general maxims of *nītiśāstras* by way of illustration. The historical portion is thus to a certain extent seen as a concrete embodiment of Hindu political philosophy.