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प्रख्यात इतिहासकार आणि आपल्या परखड अन्वयार्थाबद्दल प्रसिद्ध असलेले लेखक त्र्यं. शं शेजवलकर यांनी १९६१मध्ये म्हणजे या पराभवाला दोनशे वर्ष झाली, तेव्हा लिहिलेला हा ग्रंथ आहे.
'पानिपत १७६१' या ग्रंथातील त्यांचे विश्लेषणही तितक्याच तोलामोलाचे आहे. त्याचे प्रमुख कारण म्हणजे शेजवलकरांनी बहुधा प्रथमच मराठेशाहीतील म्हणजेच पेशवाईतील दोषांवर बोट ठेवण्याचे काम केले. त्यापूर्वी पेशवाईतील दोष दाखवणे म्हणजे मराठेशाहीच्या काही कट वगैरे करण्याइतके भयंकर कृत्य समजले जात होते. पण शेजवलकरांनी आपले विश्लेषण हे त्या पलीकडे नेले आहे.
आज पेशवाईतील दोष दाखवणारा माणूस हा लगोलग ब्राह्मणद्वेष्टा ठरवला जातो, तर मराठय़ांच्या चुका दाखवणार्‍यांवर मराठाविरोधक असा शिक्का मारला जातो. अशा या काळात तर शेजवलकरांचे पानिपतचे विश्लेषण हे मूळातूनच वाचायला हवे.
Author has kept things true to the sunject, relality and kept away from wide imagination. Its a history book must read for those who want to read Maratha history with broad perspective. All credit to the author. Fantastic narration.
This is the definitive book on the third battle of Panipat. The author spent about a decade researching various aspects of the battle from original sources, and also traveled to the location(s) of the battle (the plural since the Maratha lines were roughly 5 miles wide on that day, spanning 3 villages, and the Afghan lines were 3 miles even wider), trying to understand the tactics and battle movements on the day of the battle. While he brings to the subject the broadest scholarship, one feels that his greatest contribution is in the synthesis of various sources. This is a must-read book for anyone interested in the third battle of Panipat. It was written after Jadunath Sarkar's "Fall of the Mughal empire" which contains a lengthy description of the battle, and was regarded as the definitive account before Shejwalkar. Shejwalkar, I believe, supercedes it comfortably, though reading both these accounts does provide important counterpoints to ponder over.
