THIS VOLUME THROWS LIGHT ON THE PERIOD FROM THE PRE-SHIVSHAHI PERIOD TO THE POST-DEATH PERIOD OF RAJARAM MAHARAJ. IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE EVENTS RANGING FROM THE JOB SHAHAJI MAHARAJ HAD TO DO UNDER OTHER KINGS , HIS UNFINISHED DREAM OF ESTABLISHING SWARAJYA, ALL THE INCIDENTS FROM SHIVAJI MAHARAJ`S BIRTH TO DEATH, THE REIGN OF SAMBHAJI MAHARAJ AFTER SHIVAJI MAHARAJ`S DEATH, THE SITUATION THAT AROSE AFTER SAMBHAJI MAHARAJ`S DEATH, THE IMPRISONMENT OF YESUBAI AND SHAHU MAHARAJ, THEN THE STRUGGLE OF RAJARAM MAHARAJ, TARABAI, SANTAJI-DHANAJI AND OTHER MARATHA CHIEFTAINS, MAVALAS AGAINST THE MUGHALS FOR THE PROTECTION OF SWARAJYA, THE VARIOUS BATTLES WON BY THE MARATHAS, AND THIS VOLUME ENDS WITH THIS GLORIOUS SUCCESS OF THE MARATHAS. ALMOST THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY HAS BEEN UNFOLDED BY DR. JAYSINGRAO PAWAR WITH HISTORICAL REFERENCES AND TOOLS. MAHARASHTRA KNOWS THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ ONLY, BUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SHAHAJI RAJE, SAMBHAJI RAJE, RAM RAJE, AND TARABAI ARE STILL NOT WIDELY KNOWN. THIS VOLUME DOES THE WORK OF HIGHLIGHTING THE SAME. SO THIS DOCUMENT OF A CENTURY OF HISTORY IS NOT ONLY USEFUL FOR SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS; BUT IT WILL ALSO BE OF INTEREST TO GENERAL READERS.