Panipat is book which is wrote by vishwas patil. In this book they tell us what happened between maratha empire and maughals which is lead to war. It is also called first war between Hindustani & afghans.
Maratha empire prime minister Nanasaheb peshwa send his brother with large army for improving there rule on north east part of India. Rathunathrao captured all place of india and also got capture atak which is currently located in Pakistan.
Najibkhan and madhosingh invite afghan king to destroy marathas emperor. When Ahammad saha abdali came to india his army killed maratha sardar dattaji shinde and capture Delhi.
After that nanasaheb peshwa send army which commander is Sadashivrao bhau and his son Vishwasrao. Nanasaheb also send civilian who want to go for holy place which became biggest mistake of peshwa.
Lack of food, water, besic amenities maratha army get tried and became ready to final war.many reasons are defeat of maratha army is clearly mentioned in panipat book writer uses most of historical words and all information is true. You can read the book at once because it is first biggest war ever between Indians and Afghan.