[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.s7.2 # Shivaji and His Times c19.s7.2 Shivaji and His Times c19.s7.2 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.2) His splendid success fired the imagination of his contemporaries, and his name became a spell calling the Maratha race to a new life. His kingdom was lost within nine years of his death. But the imperishable achievement of his life was the raising of the Marathas into an independent self-reliant people, conscious of their oneness and high destiny, and his most precious legacy was the spirit that he breathed into his race. - [Previous: c19.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.1) - [Next: c19.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.3) - [Up: c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.2) · Pramāṇa