Mahaparva

THE GREAT ERA. A NOVEL WRITTEN BY S.S. DESAI, MAHAPARVA IS ONE OF ITS OWN KIND, PRESENTING THE PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATION OF THE FIGHT FOR CONTINUED INDEPENDENCE BY THE MARATHA FOR THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED BY THE GREAT CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, THE HINDAVI SWARAJ. AFTER THE DEATH OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, HIS ELDER SON SAMBHAJI BECAME THE KING. A STRONG LEADER, SAMBHAJI WAS FEARLESS AND A TRUE LOVER OF HIS PEOPLE AND KINGDOM. AFTER THE TREACHEROUS DEATH OF SAMBHAJI, THE MUGHAL ARMY HAD STARTED CAPTIVATING EXTENSIVE STRETCHES OF THE ONCE HINDAVI SWARAJ LAND. EMPEROR AURANGAZEB HAD HIMSELF LEFT DELHI TO CRUSH THE MARATHA KINGDOM ONCE FOR ALL. WITH HIS HUGE ARMY OF 4-5 LACS OF SOLDIERS, HE HAD MADE THE DECCAN PLATEAU HIS HOME FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. APART FROM THE ARMY, THERE WAS AN EQUAL NUMBER OF NON-FIGHTING PEOPLE, REQUIRED TO LOOK AFTER THE DAILY NEEDS OF THE ARMY. THIS DID NOT DETER THE MARATHAS FROM PUTTING IN THEIR BEST FOOT WHILE DEFEATING THEIR OWN LAND. SHIVAJI MAHARAJS OTHER SON, RAJARAM, TOOK REIGN AFTER THE DEATH OF SAMBHAJI AND FOUGHT VALIANTLY WITH THE EMPEROR. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST LOYAL SOLDIERS LIKE SANTAJI, DHANAJI AND MANY OTHERS. HIS WIFE TARABAI TOOK AHEAD THE FIGHT TO PROTECT THE MOTHERLAND. TO FIGHT THE MIGHTY ARMY OF THE EMPEROR, THE MARATHA WARRIORS MADE EXCELLENT USE OF GUERILLA WARFARE TECHNIQUES. THE PRESENT NOVEL PRESENTS THE ELABORATE PICTURE OF THIS FEARLESS FIGHT. . . . N , -, .