[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.s2.9 # Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.9 Shivaji and His Times c19.s2.9 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.9) ∗ Nor has he succeeded in convincing posterity. In 1916 Mr. Rajwade, a Brahman writer, published a denial of the Kayastha claims (\*Chaturtha Sam. Britta\*), on the occasion of editing this tract. He has provoked replies, one of which, \*Rajwade's Gaga Bhatti\* by K. T. Gupte, makes some attempt at reasoning and the use of evidence, while another, \*The Twanging of the Bow\* by K. S. Thakre, has the same tone as Milton's \*Tetrachordon\* or \*Against Salmasius\*! This is happening in the 20th century, and yet Mr. Rajwade and Prof. Bijapurkar (who persistently treated Shivaji's descendants as Shudras) are nationalists, even Chauvinists. - [Previous: c19.s2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.8) - [Next: c19.s2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.10) - [Up: c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s2.9) · Pramāṇa