भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

English translation of this book was, therefore, surely felt with a view to introducing it to the people who are unable to read or understand Marathi. A book of this type had to be substantiated with proofs, especially when it was replete with thought-provoking even at times shocking—statements and conclusions. Basic references were, therefore, an unavoidable necessity, but the author, who had already crossed the bar of eighty years, and whose physical ailments had already created insurmountable difficulties in the very writing of this book, could not be expected to stand the rigour of pinpointing his references, voluminous as they were. I, therefore, had to shoulder that responsibility. The appendage of the basic references to this volume is, thus, my humble contribution. They will clearly show to the reader that the facts mentioned in this volume are fully backed by evidence. The interpretation of these facts and the conclusions drawn from them, however, are the author’s special privileges, if only, they obey the laws of logical reasoning. The chapters are numbered serially from one to twenty- three. Each paragraph is serially numbered at the beginning. My thanks are due to my son, Shri P.S. Godbole for going through the typewritten sheets. I am thankful to Shri B.D. Velankar, the Asiatic Society of Bombay and the University of Bombay for library facilities. I am also thankful to the publishers who have brought out this book. —S.T. Godbole