Question

Examine the Literary and Foreign Sources of Maratha Polity with their limitations.

Answer 1

There were several Europeancompanies functioning in India on the orders of their mothercountries. Naturally there were many Europeans from various walksof life in India who were pursuing their own business for profit.These people noted down and referred to the rules in India, thegeneral conditions prevailed there and existence of the Marathas asan important power in the country. The writing of these people canbe categorized as 1. Factory records 2. Memoirs 3. Travelogues.The European people who came to India ....