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)