Siege of Belawadi: Difference between revisions

| result      = [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] victory {{efn|According to Historians G.B Mehendale and J.D Sarkar In 1989, Mumbai University's Kannada Department published Shivaji-Mallammaji Samarotsava, a Marathi book edited by Dr. K. N. Chitnis, who described it as an "early 18th Century Manuscript." The manuscript claims to be written by Shesho Shrinivas Mutalik for a biography competition about Shivaji, organized by Tarabai, Shivaji's daughter-in-law and then regent of the Maratha Kingdom, where it secured third place. The narrative describes Mallamma, daughter of Madhulinga Nayak of Sonda and wife of Ishaprabhu of Belavadi. During Shivaji's Karnataka campaign, his soldiers allegedly seized cows from Belavadi, leading to a conflict in which Ishaprabhu was fatally wounded. Mallamma continued the resistance, ambushing Shivaji and his few remaining followers. The story asserts that Shivaji, fearing for his life, sought Mallamma's forgiveness, which she granted. The original manuscript is lost, but a Marathi copy in Kannada script, purportedly made after Mallamma's death in 1717, was reportedly found in Belavadi. Dr. Chitnis acknowledged the text's modern language, interpolations, and the false claim of Mallamma's victory over Shivaji, yet considered the possibility of its early 18th-century origin. However, some historians believe the manuscript is a modern fabrication, noting similarities with the Shri-Shivadigvijaya Chronicle, indicating it couldn't have been written before 1818. Additionally, the presence of contemporary Marathi phrases suggests it may have been composed after 1900. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/shivaji-his-life-times-by-gajanan-bhaskar-mehendale_202312|title=Shivaji His Life & Times|last=Gajanan Bhaskar Mehendale|pages=912}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Shivaji_and_His_Times/WYFrgILWbIgC?hl=en|title=Shivaji and His Times|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|date=1992|publisher=Orient Longman|isbn=978-81-250-1347-1|language=en}}</ref>}}

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