It is a valuable source for the political history of the formative period of Maratha Empire.

Tilak and published by Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal, Pune, in 1916.

The Jedhes, the Khopades, the Bandals and the Naik-Nimbalkars were the prominent Deshmukhs of Maval.

Out of these, Jedhes of Kaari, in modern-day Bhor, were the Deshmukhs of 'Rohid Khora', which includes the forts of Raireshwar and Rohideshwar, in the Maval region of the modern Pune district, which is near Bhor about 48 km towards south of Pune.

The Jedhe Shakawali consists of yearly data from 1618 (birth of Aurangzeb) to 1697 (the besiege of the Gingee fort).