The Marathas 1600-1818

by Stewart Gordon

Book Overview

In this book, Dr Stewart Gordon presents a comprehensive history of one of the most colourful and least-understood kingdoms of India: the Maratha Empire. The empire was founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century, spread across most of India during the following century, and was conquered by the British in the nineteenth century. Using administrative documents of the Maratha polity, family papers and Histories of the Empire, Stewart Gordon explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521033160
• ISBN13: 9780521033169
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"