सी ओ इ पी-हिस्टरी क्लब-Historical Love Stories-Bajirao and Mastani-लेख क्रमांक-3

[Atul Kaviraje]

                                "सी ओ इ पी-हिस्टरी क्लब"
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मित्र/मैत्रिणींनो,

     आज वाचूया, "सी ओ इ पी-हिस्टरी क्लब" या ब्लॉग मधील एक इंग्रजी लेख. या लेखाचे शीर्षक आहे- "Historical Love Stories-Bajirao and Mastani"

    Historical Love Stories-Bajirao and Mastani--लेख क्रमांक-3--
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--Que: Is there a true picture of Mastani available?
--Ans: No. The two portraits which people claim to be of Mastani are not the true pictures. The arguments supporting to the facts are as follows:
1: the pictures depict a woman who was of the age around 45 whereas the approx. age of Mastani can be hardly 30 to 32 Max.
2. The trend of making pictures of the people in upper class of the society was limited as it was considered that such pictures can be used for black magic such as Bhanamati. Hence the artists themselves were not ready to make paintings unless the motive was known.
3. One of the pictures in collected from the collection of Nana Phadanavis (accountant to Peshwas after 1762). Some records say that Nana had taken some paintings from Ali son of Samsher bahaddar. The set paintings from which these pictures were taken were from northen India.
Even by watching the pictures, anyone can argue whether this was Mastani in whose love Bajirao was ready to take on his family as the beauty of Mastani is not depicted there.

     Effects of Mastani's arrival were dreadful to Maratha history. Radhabai soon recognised that the cause of Bajirao loving Mastani was the separation from his wife. So to avoid any such thing in future she started forcing the men in peshwa family to take their wife alongwith them on the expeditions. This triggered a new tradition of wives and family accompanying the soldiers on the battlefield which is one of the important reasons for defeat at panipat.

--सी ओ इ पी-हिस्टरी क्लब
(Sunday, October 10, 2010)
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          (साभार आणि सौजन्य-सी ओ इ पी-हिस्टरी क्लब.ब्लॉगस्पॉट.कॉम)
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-----दिनांक-01.09.2022-गुरुवार.