Richard M. Eaton (25 جولائی 2019)۔ India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765۔ Penguin Books Limited۔ ص 198–۔ ISBN:978-0-14-196655-7 Quote: "Quote: "Amidst this fragmented political environment a new polity emerged in the Marathi-speaking western plateau. Its founder, the charismatic and politically gifted Maratha chieftain Shivaji Bhonsle (1630-80), repeatedly used courage and savvy to outmanoeuvre his adversaries."
Elie Kedourie (2013)۔ Nationalism in Asia and Africa۔ Routledge۔ ص 71–۔ ISBN:978-1-136-27613-2 Quote: "Tilak also inaugurated another cult by resuscitating the memory of Shivaji, the chieftain who had originally established Mahratta fortunes in contest with the Mughals."
Arjun Subramaniam (2016)۔ India's Wars: A Military History, 1947-1971۔ HarperCollins Publishers India۔ ص 30–۔ ISBN:978-93-5177-750-2 Quote: "Quote: First was the purely home-bred guerrilla force under Shivaji. The courageous and wily Maratha chieftain along with his successors and, subsequently, the Peshwas, defied the Mughals and other Muslim invaders for almost a century from the latter half of the seventeenth century and expanded the Maratha Empire till it covered much of the Indian heartland.
