History and Historiography / What the Majestic Ajnapatra of Amatya Ramachandra Pant Teaches us about 18th Century Hindu Polity: An Introduction Amatya Ramachandra Pant, Shivaji's Finance Minister authored an extraordinary Ajnapatra or Royal Edict giving guidance to Sambhaji II. It is also the primary source giving us superb, first hand details of the India of that period. By Team Dharma Dispatch / 10 Dec 2021
