 Stein 's formulation has been criticized by historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam , in part , on account of the lack of extensive historiography for the period . The 18th @-@ century Wodeyar rulers of Mysore — in contrast to their contemporaries in Rajputana , Central India , Maratha Deccan , and Tanjavur — left little or no record of their administrations . Surveying the historiography , Subrahmanyam , says : 
