Shivaji: His Life and Times

Gajanan Bhaskar Mehendale spent decades cross-examining original Modi-script papers, Persian records, and contemporary chronicles to produce this biography. Condensed from his larger multi-volume Marathi research work 'Shri Raja Shivchhatrapati', this English edition is dense with footnotes and citations, and is widely regarded by international scholars as a standard reference on Shivaji's life.