Battles of the Maratha Empire. Aneesh Gokhale. Dnyanganga Prakashan, Pune. Pages 283. Price Rs 400.

India can never tire of reading about the exploits of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the man who tormented the Mughal empire under Aurangzeb despite starting out as a vassal and jagirdar of Bijapur’s Ali Adil Shah.