Photo: Gundopant · CC BY-SA 4.0The earliest surviving life of Chhatrapati Shivaji, written by a man who had served him.
Sabhasad tells of the meeting with Afzal Khan below Pratapgad in 1659, the escape from Agra in 1666, the taking of Sinhagad, and the coronation at Raigad in 1674, with lists of forts, revenue and the ashta pradhan council.
Written within twenty years of Shivaji’s death by a member of his court, it is the core Maratha source for his life.
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