Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar's historical and sociological literary works were written in an Indo-Aryan language known as the 'Marathi'.
Shejwalkar primarily wrote in the Marathi language, and was the founder-editor of now defunct Marathi periodical Pragati (19291932). Shejwalkar's topics included historical, sociological and contemporary issues ranging from Vijayanagara Empire to Mahatma Gandhi, Marathi speaking poet-saints to decay of Brahminism and the work of Arnold J. Toynbee. Shejwalkar wrote essays on life and work of Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Kashinath Trimbak Telang, Swami Vivekananda, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar among many others. Marathi (English: /mrti/; , Marathi, Marathi: [mai (listen)) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India. 
