New History of the Marathas v1.c16.88
New History of the Marathas v1.c16.88
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v1.c16.88
“Shivaji’s claim to greatness is of course not to be criticised by the ethics of the nineteenth century. Though he was ruthless in attaining his object, he was completely free from the detestable passion for gratuitous cruelty as well as from any disposition to indulge in it as a gratification of temper.