In November 1817, the Maratha Empire—a formidable power that had shaped the destiny of the Indian subcontinent for over a century—stood on the precipice of total collapse. As the forces of Peshwa Bajirao II clashed with the British East India Company, a young Scottish military engineer named Captain John MacLeod marched directly into the chaos.
An Eyewitness Account of The End of the Maratha Empire presents MacLeod’s complete, day-by-day field journal. Far from a dry military dispatch, this diary offers a rare, unfiltered window into a world moments before it changed forever. Readers will traverse the rugged Deccan plateau in pursuit of the retreating Peshwa. You will experience the visceral realities of the Third Anglo-Maratha War, including fort sieges, sudden skirmishes, chaotic tiger hunts, and the desperate plundering of ancient manuscripts.
Edited by Manoj Dani and Guruprasad Kanitkar, The End of The Maratha Empire book is a breathtaking time capsule and is an unforgettable testament to a fractured frontier.