Marathas their rise and fall is main focus of this volume. How the inhabitants of Maharashtra originally peasants raise to the heights of a military nation, under the leadership of Shivaji they confronted with the then ruling Mughal emperors. Enriching themself in modes of fighting and developing their armies and fighting equipment they never looked back thereafter and raised huge army to set their eyes on Delhi. Till the arrival of Ahmad Shah and Battle of Panipat they were on a rising spree, their over ambitious expectations led them to face defeat at Panipat they broke their backbone and sunk them into the depth of despair and obscurity, English grasped the prize easily and consolidate their power in India.
The volume has been weaved into nineteen comprehensive chapters on Marathas Rise and Fall. They have deep bearing on Ahmad Shah Durrani's Invasions, 1748-69, Maratha Dominations, Financial grip on Rajasthan, Jats, Rohillas and Avadh, Nadir Shah and Ahmed shah, Durrani Annexation of the Punjab, Maratha conquest of the Punjab, Maratha-Najib Strife, Maratha-Durrani conflict, Marathas : Imperial capital arrival of combatants at Panipat, modes of fighting, Arms and equipment, arrangements of the two armies, the battle at Panipat, Causes of the Maratha defeat, consequences of the battle, Nana Fadnavis, relations with the Nizam, Anglo-Maratha wars.
