[Q]: Research on Marathas in TN

[stephens]

I believe this migration happened at the time time of Maharaja Sarfoji who
moved the capital and his court to Thanjavur.

Sujatha

-----Original Message-----
From: Bal Prasad <bprasad at NETCOM.COM>
To: INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK <INDOLOGY at LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 9:14 PM
Subject: [Q]: Research on Marathas in TN


>I am trying to get information regarding the group of Maharashtrians
>who went to Tamil Nadu during the Peshwa era and who are often referred
>to as TDB (Thanjavur Deshasta Brahmins). A large number of them settled
>around Thanjavur and they founded the Sarasvati Mahal library there. I
>have been told that the migration happened during the reign of Kings
>Shivaji and Sambhaji. I would like to know if anything has been
>published about them.
>
>TIA,
>Prasad