Set of Three Books on Shivaji

a) H G Rawlinson, Shivaji the Maratha: His Life and Times, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1915

125 pages, frontispiece of Shivaji by Raja Ravi Varma, 2 illustrations, 1 map; original boards
8 x 5 in (20 x 12.5 cm)

b) N S Takakhav, The Life of Shivaji Maharaj: Founder of The Maratha Empire, Bombay: Manoranjan Press, 1921

xvi, 644 pages, frontispiece, 2 plates; original boards
8.5 x 5.6 in (21.2 x 14 cm)

Adapted from the original Marathi book written by K A Keluskar

c) Dennis Kincaid, The Grand Rebel: An Impression of Shivaji: Founder of the Maratha Empire, London: Collins, 1937

329 ppages; original cloth
9 x 5.7 in (22.5 x 14.2 cm)

The first English biography of Shivaji soldier king and founder of the Maratha state. Dennis Kincaid (1905-1937), a civil servant in British India, arrived in Bombay in 1928 to work with the courts. He was the elder son of Charles Augustus Kincaid, a distinguished civil servant, and a well-known novelist and historical writer.

Also, a novelist, Dennis authored British Social Life in India, 1608-1937, a classic account of the British in colonial India. His Cactus Land was an unusual story, breaking with the conventions of Indian novels of that period. He died on 10 June 1937 in a drowning accident shortly after completing the proof corrections of this book aged 31.

A great warrior and skilled administrator, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, better known as Shivaji, was the founder of the great Maratha Empire and one who instilled a sense of Maratha identity in his people. At a time when the Mughal Empire was at its zenith, Shivaji was the only one who dared to challenge the might of Emperor Aurangzeb. He steadily grew his army from a humble contingent of 2,000 soldiers to a force of 100,000. Assisted by a disciplined military system, a well-structured administrative organization and a deeply traditional society, soon the Maratha force became the only military power of consequence against the Mughals in India. Including accounts of legendary encounters like those with the Adil-Shahi Sultanate and the menacing Aurangzeb. Shivaji: The Grand Rebel is an epic saga of an Indian warrior king whose tales of victory and valour have been inspiring the nation for centuries.

(Set of three)

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