[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c17.s8.5 # Shivaji and His Times c17.s8.5 Shivaji and His Times c17.s8.5 - **Language:** English ### [c17.s8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.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. - [Previous: c17.s8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c17.s8.4) - [Next: c18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c18.2) - [Up: c17.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c17.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c17.s8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c17.s8.5) · Pramāṇa