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  2. Chitnis Bakhar - Wikipedia

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    Shakakarte Chhatrapati Shri Shivaji Maharaj yanche Saptaprakaranatmak Charitra, [1] better known as Chitnis Bakhar, is a Marathi language biography of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. It was written by Malhar Ram Rao Chitnis, whose ancestor Balaji Avaji held the position of Chitnis (head clerk) under Shivaji.

  3. Maratha Fort Systems - Wikipedia

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    Early Maratha conquests, in Shivaji's and Shahji's time. The Marathas began constructing forts as early as the 15th and 16th centuries, but the system reached its peak under Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1627–1680). Shivaji recognized the strategic importance of forts in his campaign against the Mughals and other regional powers. The forts ...

  4. Bakhar - Wikipedia

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    Bakhar is a form of historical narrative written in Marathi prose. Bakhars are one of the earliest genres of medieval Marathi literature. [1] More than 200 bakhars were written in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, the most important of them chronicling the deeds of the Maratha ruler Shivaji.

  5. Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey - Wikipedia

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    Vasudeo Sitaram Bendrey (abbr. V. S. Bendrey) (13 February 1894 (unverified) – 16 July 1986) was historian, author, editor, translator and publisher in Marathi language. He is known as Bhishmacharya of Marathi History.

  6. Sabhasad Bakhar - Wikipedia

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    Shri-Shiva-Prabhuche-Charitra (IAST: Śrī-Śiva-Prabhuce-Caritra), better known as Sabhasad Bakhar, is a Marathi language biography of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. It was written by Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad at Jinji , [ 1 ] at the court of Shivaji's son Rajaram in 1697.

  7. Purandar Fort - Wikipedia

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    Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, daunted at the prospect of the fall of his grandfather's fort, signed a treaty known as the First Treaty of Purandar with Aurangzeb in 1665. According to the treaty, Shivaji handed over twenty-three forts including Purandar, and a territory with a revenue of four lakh hons and was made the jagirdar of the territory ...

  8. Vijaydurg Fort - Wikipedia

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    In 1653, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj captured this fort from Adil Shah of Bijapur and renamed it as "Vijay Durg". The original name of the fort was "Gheria" and the first fortification appears to have been constructed in 1200 during the regime of Raja Bhoj II. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj developed Vijaydurg as an important base for Maratha ...

  9. Maratha titles - Wikipedia

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    It means the 'Lord of the Parasol' [1] and is a title conferred upon the founder of Maratha Empire, Chhatrapati Shivaji. The title is also used by Shivaji's descendants. Maharaj: The English equivalent of Maharaj is great king. It is a title first conferred upon Chhatrapati Shivaji's father Shahaji Raje Bhosale.