Dossier SC29/2/1 - 'Historical Account of the Expedition of Sudasew-Chimnaji to the north of India: Mahratta; with a Plan of Arungabad'

1 large folded sheet 80 folded sheets and one title page + paper band handwritten

'The Historical Account of the Expedition of Sudasew Chimnajie commonly called Bhou or Sudoban to the North India or Hindostan And of his total Defeat of Death in the great Battle of Panniput'. This document relates the expedition of Sadashiv Chimanji Bhausaheb to Panipat in 1761. According to Kulkarni, this version of the bakhar or report was first written between July and December 1761 by Raghunath Yadev Chitragupt for his master the Prime Minister of Kolhapur state. The bakhar ends with the award of the robes of the Peshwa's office to Madhav Rao in 20 July 1761. It describes the battle of Panipat including those who died and were taken prisoner. It is believed to be the earliest version of this bakhar. The band has Arabic script containing the date November 1788.
The plan of Aurangabad is in colour with place names in Marathi and Arabic script, measuring 84 x 64 cm.

• arabe
• marathe

A full translation of SC29/2/1 has been published as Bakhar of Panipat by Raghunath Yadav Chitragupt originally written in 1761, edited and translated by Uday S. Kulkarni with transliteration by Ninad Bedekar, (Mula Mutha Publishers, Pune, India, 2014).

Please note that the article on Hindu astronomy mentioned in the label written by Simon Digby was removed and catalogued separately as SC29/2/7 as it has a separate entry on the original donations list.

Details for this catalogue entry were taken from the background information provided in Uday S. Kulkarni's book.