Home›Sources›Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)SourcesStewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)Stewart GordonCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gordon-the-marathas-1600-1818.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gordon-the-marathas-1600-1818Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-stewart-gordon-the-marathas-1600-1818-ca, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gordon-the-marathas-1600-1818}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXStewart 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A 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.NotesWell-attestedUsed for the political context of Shivaji's rise and his 1674 coronation's significance for Maratha sovereignty.CitationAuthorWell-attestedStewart GordonPublisherWell-attestedCambridge University Press, The New Cambridge History of IndiaURLWell-attestedhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/books/marathas-16001818/1098497E96D2AFA760D18DB311A91C80Source TypeWell-attestedacademic monographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithDeccan, Regions Well-attested 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 Gordontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)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.Disposition By TopicSpread Events, 11 claims: 3 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Well-attested10SourcesStewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)Spread EventsShivaji's Coronation at Raigad Establishes Hindavi SwarajyaHolds8SourcesStewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 (Cambridge University Press)Spread EventsShivaji's Coronation at Raigad Establishes Hindavi SwarajyaGeneral References1Spread EventsShivaji's Coronation at Raigad Establishes Hindavi SwarajyaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year