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Ramacharya, Brahmananda Sarasvati and Vanamali Misra
are scholars famous in this field of thought.
11. By the time that the last traces of the Vijayanagar
empire were disappearing, Shahji by his conquests and by
the aid of his principal minister, Naro Pant Hanumante, a
Madhwa scholar and financier trained in the school of
Mallikamber, connected Tanjore in thought and outlook
with Maharashtra and with the neighbourhood of Bangalore
in the Mysore State. Sivaji then came into prominence
and Raghavendra Thirtha who has commented on Vyasa-
raya's works and lives to-day in the love and reverence of
people, remained for a long time in Kolhapur in the centre
of Mahratta thought and influence. Raghunatha Narain
Hanumante, the son of Naro Pant, became the Amat Pradhan
of Sivaji and it was he who, by his negotiations in the
Golkonda kingdom, made it possible for Sivaji to undertake
the tour of pilgrimage in Southern India after his coronation.
Sivaji returned through Bangalore to Maharashtra in this
tour. Janardana Pant Hanumante, a brother of Raghunatha
Narain Hanumante, was the Samant Pradhan of Sivaji. After
the death of Raghunatha Narain Hanumante, Sambhaji
advanced his brother Janardana Pant Hanumante to the
position of Amat Pradhan. Janardana Pant Hanumante was
in the council which declared Rajaram regent in A.D. 1689.
After Janardana Pant Hanumante died, his son Thimmoji
Raghunatha Hanumante was raised by Rajaram to the rank
of Pratinidhi. Grant Duff gives further particulars in his
History of the Mahrattas.
12. The Mahratta power rose and declined as the
Vijayanagar power had risen and declined; and the centre of
Indian philosophical thought which accompanied the centre
Ramacharya, Brahmananda Sarasvati and Vanamali Misra
are scholars famous in this field of thought.
11. By the time that the last traces of the Vijayanagar
empire were disappearing, Shahji by his conquests and by
the aid of his principal minister, Naro Pant Hanumante, a
Madhwa scholar and financier trained in the school of
Mallikamber, connected Tanjore in thought and outlook
with Maharashtra and with the neighbourhood of Bangalore
in the Mysore State. Sivaji then came into prominence
and Raghavendra Thirtha who has commented on Vyasa-
raya's works and lives to-day in the love and reverence of
people, remained for a long time in Kolhapur in the centre
of Mahratta thought and influence. Raghunatha Narain
Hanumante, the son of Naro Pant, became the Amat Pradhan
of Sivaji and it was he who, by his negotiations in the
Golkonda kingdom, made it possible for Sivaji to undertake
the tour of pilgrimage in Southern India after his coronation.
Sivaji returned through Bangalore to Maharashtra in this
tour. Janardana Pant Hanumante, a brother of Raghunatha
Narain Hanumante, was the Samant Pradhan of Sivaji. After
the death of Raghunatha Narain Hanumante, Sambhaji
advanced his brother Janardana Pant Hanumante to the
position of Amat Pradhan. Janardana Pant Hanumante was
in the council which declared Rajaram regent in A.D. 1689.
After Janardana Pant Hanumante died, his son Thimmoji
Raghunatha Hanumante was raised by Rajaram to the rank
of Pratinidhi. Grant Duff gives further particulars in his
History of the Mahrattas.
12. The Mahratta power rose and declined as the
Vijayanagar power had risen and declined; and the centre of
Indian philosophical thought which accompanied the centre