Historical Memory and Identity in Western India, 1700-1960
by
Prachi Deshpande
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
The "Maratha period" of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. In this book, Prachi Deshpande considers the importance of this period for...