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James Cuninghame Grant Duff (1789-1858) was the first to write a comprehensive history of the Marathas. Not much, however, has been known about his life or his motives in undertaking this project of writing Maratha history. An attempt is made in this book to shed some light on Duff's career and his pioneering work on Maratha history with the help of his personal papers and official correspondence preserved in London and also unpublished and published source ...
Scott Waring, a British historian, of the early nineteenth century wrote, 'The Mahrattas were once a mighty nation. How they rose, and how they fell, may surely challenge enquiry'. This was, perhaps, the main reason why administrators, researchers and historians-both Indian and foreign have been attracted towards the history of Marathas from seventeenth century till this day. A contention that is amply reiterated by the scope of the present volume. This ...
Explorations in the Deccan History is a collection of research articles of Professor A.R. Kulkarni presented in various seminars and conferences. It emphasizes the relevance of History of the Deccan in the relevance of History of the deccan in modern times by bringing out the socio-economic and cultural aspects of the four major components of the Deccan, viz., Maharashtra, Goa Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It deals with, for instance, the role of the Marathas in ...
What are the points at which religion and nationality interconnect within the history of any region? How is nationalist thought structured and moulded? In what way does it work towards influencing the reading of history? These are few of the questions that continue to perplex, even as various schools of thought attempt to find ways of understanding the present through an analysis of the past.This book undertakes a cultural study of colonial India, with a special ...