[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) › c19.s2.12 # Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.12 Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.12 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.12) A Government of personal discretion is, by its very nature, uncertain. This uncertainty reacted fatally on the administration. However well-planned the machinery and rules might be, the actual conduct of the administration was marred by inefficiency, sudden changes, and official corruption, because nobody felt secure of his post or of the due appreciation of his merit. This has been the bane of all autocratic States in the East and the West alike, except where the autocrat has been a "hero as king" or where a high level of education, civilization and national spirit among the people has reduced the evil. - [Previous: c19.s2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.11) - [Next: c19.s2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.13) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.12) · Pramāṇa