Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya

Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya (1861–1938) was a Marathi-language historian and writer from Maharashtra, India. He was Chief Justice of Gwalior State for a period.

In 1908, Vaidya chaired the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan. held in Pune. Later, he became involved in the nationalist Congress Democratic Party, which was led by Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

Works

The following is a list of the titles of his major works:

• Samagra Awalonnati Lekhamālā (1906)
• Mahābhārat — Samālochan (1914)
• Mahābhārat — A Criticism
• Nibandha Aṇi Bhāshaṇẽ (1915)
• Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇ Parīkshaṇ (1920)
• Madhyayugīn Bhārat, Athawā, Hindu Rājyāñchā Udbhav, Utkarsh, Aṇi Uchchhed (1920)
• History of Mediaeval Hindu India, Being a History of India From 600 to 1200 A.D. (in three volumes) (1921)
• Downfall of Hindu India
• Shrī Kru̥shṇa Charitra (1922)
• Sanskrut Wāngmayāchā Troṭak Itihās (1922)
• Shriman Mahābhāratāche Marāṭhī Suras Bhāshāntar (1922)
• Durdaivī Raṅgū, Athawā, Pānipatachā Shewaṭacha Saṅgrām (1924) - a work of fiction based on the Third Battle of Panipat
• Shrī Rām Charitra (1926)
• History of Sanskrit Literature (1930)
• Hindu Dharmāchi Tatwe, Arthāt, Yāsambandhĩ̄ Niranirāḷyā Wishayānwar Vaidyāni Dileli Wyākhāne Va Lihilele Lekh (1931)
• Vaidyānche Aitihāsik Nibandha (1931)
• Marāṭhā Swarājya Sãsthāpak Shrī Shivājī Mahārāj (1932)
• Shivaji – The Founder of Maratha Swaraj
• Saṅgīt Sãyogitā Nāṭak, Arthāt, Patinishṭhā (1934)
• Epic India, or, India As Described in the Mahabharat and the Ramayan (in two volumes)
• The Riddle of the Rāmāyaṇ
• Marāṭhī Bhāshechi Utpatti