THE STORY OF HOW THE MARATHAS REACHED THEIR ZENITH .A HISTORICAL NOVEL . OUT THIS AUGUST .


The year is 1740 and the budding Maratha empire has already spread across much of western and central Hindustan .Their commander Bajirao has died an unexpected and untimely death . The onus is now on Balaji Bajirao , Shahu , Holkar , Scindia , Bhosale and others to keep their flag flying high .
At the same time , across the Hindukush mountains far to the northwest , the Pakhtuns are coalescing under their new leader - Ahmed Shah Abdali .
This novel attempts to bring alive the life and times of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century , complete with it's grimy politics and stories of defeat , betrayal , inspiration and victory . 




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The Maratha Empire at it's zenith in 1758 . Gray denotes areas under direct and indirect Maratha rule . Area around Hindukush is Durrani Empire and their Baloch allies . 

Aurangzeb's hobby of renaming places

Alamgir Aurangzeb 

The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb ( 1618 - 1707 ) had quite a thing for renaming places it seems . In his long drawn stay in the Deccan ( Southern India ) , he renamed quite a few places :

1) Vasantgad -- Killid e Fateh
2) Parali ( Sant Ramdas shrine ) -- Nauroz Tara 
3) Torna -- Futulghraib 
4) Sinhagad -- Bakshindabaksh
5) Pune * -- Muhiyabad 
6) Satara fort -- Azim Tara
7) Vishalgad -- Sakherlana
8)Brahmapuri -- Islampuri
9) Wakinkhera -- Rehman Baksh
10) Peth ( Kothaligad ) -- Miftah - ul - Fatah 
11) Rajgad -- Nabishabad
12) Raigad -- Islamgad 
13) Chakan fort -- Islamabad . 

Rajgad fort . 

Torna fort