[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.s2.21 # Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.21 Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.21 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.21) As an acute English observer wrote in 1803: "Every Maratha prince, and every jagirdar or military chief in the \[Maratha\] empire, has a \*khazana\* or collection of treasure, consisting of specie and jewels, which is lodged in a secret depository within the walls of a strong fortress, often erected for the purpose, on one of the most inaccessible mountains in his dominions. This private treasure is the first and never-ceasing object of his ambition to increase...No want of money for supporting a war, even in defence of his own territory, ever induces a Maratha chief to supply the deficiency from his private treasury; the loss of which would be to him a much more grievous calamity than the subjugation of his country."\* - [Previous: c19.s2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.20) - [Next: c19.s2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.22) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.21) · Pramāṇa