पानीपत १७६१ (मराठा साम्राज्य एवं पानीपत महायुद्ध इतिहास)

136 PANIPAT 1761 20 Raghunath Yadav's Panipat Bakhar Though ostensibly written by a court clerk and that by order of a member of the Peshwa's family, this is the most worthless of all the Panipat Bakhars 21 Aitihasik Lekha Samgraha Vol I (1897) by V V KHARE con tains a few letters on the Panipat Campaign 22 23 Chandrachuda Daftar Vol I (1920), and Vol II (1934) also contain a few letters dealing with the northern India affairs and bear evidence to the Maratha advance and rule upto Attock on the Indus 24 25 Holkarachin Kaifiyat (published in the Kavyetihasa Samgraha by K N SANE (1886), and Holkarachi Thaili (RAJ III, No 172 and Itihasa Samgraha) These are both explanatory after-thoughts, to justify Mal harrao Holkar's conduct in the Panipat affair That he ran away at the previous behest of Bhau in order to escort Parvatibai, the wife of Bhau, is now proved to be false, on the authority of contemporary letters How an imaginary turn can be given to historic events is proved by these attempts 26 Aitihasik Patren, Yadi Vagaire Lekha (2nd Ed 1929) This contains the autobiography of Nana Phadnis which we take to be written some- time soon after the event when the author was extremely grieved and repentant and almost on the point of forsaking the world to lead the life of a recluse, and not after thirty years as assumed by Sir Jadunath There is nothing incorrect in it when compared with the original letters Other letters in this volume are also important for the northern Indian affairs of the Marathas 27 Aitihasik Patravyavahara (1930) This volume also contains valuable correspondence, amongst them being an important letter by Nana Phadnis from the Panipat camp Sir Jadunath has wrongly understood it, as his translation of a line in it gives exactly the reverse meaning 28 Persian Akhbars (news letters) in manuscript form existing in the archives of the Bharat Itihasa Samshodhak Mandal contain valuable material not found elsewhere about the Panjab campaign of the Marathas, ending in the far famed carrying of the Maratha banners beyond the Attock to Peshawar 29 Bhau's Ballad (published in BDCRI 4 3) in the Jathi dialect of Hindusthani copied for us after the dictation of a Muslim ballad singer of Siwa, five miles to the south of Panipat, contains a more complete version of the ballad than that published in the Sardesai Commemoration Volume by Dr KANUNGO and also one given in pieces in the Marathi publication 'Bhaunchya Virakatha' Our copy which contains both prose and poetry, gives valuable information in deciding the field of battle, the environment and the actual point on the river Jamuna where Abdali crossed 30 ELLIOT and DOWSON, History of India (1877), Vol VIII, con tains selected translations of (1) Tarikh i Alamgir-Sani, (E & D CII) (ii) Manazil ul Futuh, by Md Ja'far Shamlu (E & D CIII)