| Script :
Meena Talim
Illustrator : V.B.
Halbe
ISBN : 81-7508-212-7
Vol. No : 682
Maratha history is full of
incidents of great valour and heroism. Tanaji is one of the Maratha warriors
who shone like a meteor in the horizon of early Maratha history.Tanaji
was a friend of Shivaji from his early childhood days and was steadfast
in his devotion to the cause. He stood by Shivaji in all the perilous adventures
undertaken by him in the early years. The task of climbing Kondana was
not an easy one. It was a well-guarded fort and the only access was from
the side of a precipice, which was considered insurmountable. The great
historian, Sir H.G. Rawlinson says, “It was a task, which the Malwas alone,
perhaps of any troops in the world, could hope to cope with successfully”.Simhagad,
near Poona, is a living monument to the memory of this great soldier.The
present work is mainly based on ‘Shivaji the Maratha – His Life and Times’
by Sir H.G. Rawlinson and ‘Shivasamsmrity by G.S. Sardesai.
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