Stewart Gordon's academic history of the Marathas, published in the New Cambridge History of India series, traces Shivaji's construction of a sovereign Maratha state from the 1660s through his 1674 coronation as Chhatrapati, reading the coronation's Vedic ceremony as a deliberate act of Hindu kingly legitimation in territory long under Mughal and Deccan Sultanate rule.
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A Cambridge University Press academic monograph in the standard New Cambridge History of India series, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable university press regional histories, used here for the coronation's political and historical context, corroborated by James W. Laine's academic study of Shivaji. NotesUsed for the political context of Shivaji's rise and his 1674 coronation's significance for Maratha sovereignty.
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AuthorStewart Gordon
PublisherCambridge University Press, The New Cambridge History of India
URLhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/marathas-16001818/1098497E96D2AFA760D18DB311A91C80
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source names Deccan directly: "in territory long under Mughal and Deccan Sultanate rule."
Source Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)Stewart Gordon
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This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Spread Events, 11 claims: 3 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
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