Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-123) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Shivaji and Maharashtrian Hindu identity -- The epic hero: Seventeenth-Century sources for the heroic legends of Shivaji -- The Hindu hero: Shivaji and the saints, 1780-1810 -- The patriot: political readings of Hindu identity in the Tales of Shivaji, 1869-2001 -- Cracks in the narrative -- Epilogue: The construction of Hindu and Muslim identities in Maharashtra.