[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.s2.18 # Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.18 Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.18 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.18) To every one in that age his own fief (watan) was the only reality, the only object of a man's lifelong endeavour, his highest reward on earth, while Fatherland (patria), if thought of at all, was felt to be an abstract idea, a nonentity. Watan could yield honour power and the pleasures of life, while patria was a mere word, a fancy of the imagination. - [Previous: c19.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.17) - [Next: c19.s2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.19) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.18) · Pramāṇa