The efforts of the Marathas to make Mysore an appendage of their kingdom was neutralised to a great extent by yet another factor, namely the ambitious designs of the Nizam who claimed legal suzerainty over the entire peninsula by virtue of the fact that he was the Mughal Viceroy of the region.
No consistent attempt has hitherto been made to discuss the resistance of Mysore to the Maratha expansion during the period of the Peshwas. Scholars on Maratha history such as Grant Duff, Rajawade, Sane, Parasnis, Ranade have discussed the Maratha activities in the north where it was more spectacular but very little attention was paid by them to the Maratha activities in the Karnataka. Sardesai has dealt with the Maratha expansion in the south from the angle of the Marathi sources and therefore he presents only one side of the picture. Sources pertaining to this study are also available in English, Persian and Kannada languages. Scholars on Mysore history like Wills and Hayavadana Rao who have examined the political and military aspects of Mysore history have not thrown full light on the relations of Mysore with the Marathas. Wilks was the British Resident at the court of Mysore (1803-1808) and his work entitled, "Historical Sketches of the South India in an attempt to trace the History of Mysore" was written in 1810.
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