By this I do not mean to imply that it was simply invented by the too clever British, now credited with so many imperial patents that what began as colonial critique has turned into another form of imperial adulation
त्यामुळेच आज केवळ ब्रिटिश आमदनीतलाच नव्हे, तर मराठा साम्राज्य, निजामशाही अशा वेगवेगळ्या कालखंडातील दस्तऐवज महाराष्ट्र पुराभिलेखागाराकडे आहेत.