Shivaji and His Times c17.s8.5

c17.s8.5

To the Hindu world in that age of renewed persecution, Shivaji appeared as the star of a new hope, the protector of the ritualistic paint-mark (*tilak*) on the forehead of Hindus, and the saviour of Brahmans. [Bhushan’s poems.] His Court, as later his son’s, became the rallying-point of the opposition to Aurangzib. The two rivals were both supermen, but contrasts in character.