Originally posted by: Shake_d_spear
Aacha ek cheez puchni thi as u have knowledge of history ,I never got this answer in Bundelkhand track from where does mastani came in , I mean Bajirao went to help them & he was not really interested in marriage proposal , from where does mastani came in.
Chhatrasal was a king he knew the idea of strengthening relations with kingdoms through marriages so he most probably felt better to hand Mastani to Baji as a form of starting a new relation.
Theories:
Many still find it weird to understand why Baji excepted Mastani as wife and not like sister or didn't completely reject proposal. So here are some of the theories:
1. Some historians say that Baji knew the importance of gaining Chhatrasal's trust plus the benefits from his kingdom. By rejecting it, he would have just made a loss since Baji was fighting against Mughals and needed a large amount of wealth for his expeditions and army.
2. Another theory is that by rejecting Chhatrasal's proposal Baji didn't want to create a new enemy for his kingdom. Remember in old times, Kings would often get upset when they get rejection for marriage proposals. So this might be one reason.
3. Both Chhatrasal and Baji were hindus and had a common enemy the Mughals so by winning Chattrasal's trust, Baji would have gain a more stronger alliance in his team to fight with the Mughals and capture Delhi which was his aim.
Though how did the marriage between Bajirao and Mastani happened or what rituals took place are still considered a mystery. There are speculations that Mastani in fact married his sword and conducted all the marriage rituals with Peshwa's sword. Thats why most of the historians doubt if a proper marriage actually happened between Baji and Mastani unlike the marriage of Kashi and Baji which was conducted grandly.
As a matter of fact, the current head of Chaskaman Wada ,where Kashi had lived, had said that even though Balaji Vishwanath was a Peshwa, his family was only able to raise 2500 rupees at the time of marriage while Kashi's family at least spend 25000 rupees from their side.
So there is a complete account of Kashi and Baji's marriage, but I hardly believe that a proper ritual was done in Mastani's case.
I hope I have answered your question 😊
Edited by StudyForLife - 2 years ago
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