Question

Write detailed information about this historical literary documents of Bakhar.

Answer 1

i. Bakhar is an important type of historical documents of medieval times. It contains eulogies of the heroes as well as stories of historic events, battles and lives of great men.

ii. The various types of bakhars include dynastic history, biographies of kings, history of a sect, descriptions of events, autobiographies, regarding grievance, based on mythologies and state administration by a king.

iii. Marathi bakhars are of various types as follows:

1. ‘Sabhasad Bakhar’ was written by Krishnaji Anant Sabhasad during the reign of Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj. It is an important bakhar for getting information about the rule of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
2. ‘Bhausahebanchi Bakhar’ as well as ‘Panipatachi Bakhar’ describes the Battle of Panipat.
3. A Bakhar ‘Holkaranchi Kaiphiyat’ provides information about the Holkars and their contributions to the Maratha rule.