[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.s7.3 # Shivaji and His Times c19.s7.3 Shivaji and His Times c19.s7.3 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.3) The mutual conflict and internal weakness of the three Muslim Powers of the Deccan were, no doubt, contributory causes of the rise of Shivaji. But his success sprang from a higher source than the incompetence of his enemies. I regard him as the last great constructive genius and nation-builder that the Hindu race has produced. His system was his own creation and, unlike Ranjit Singh, he took no foreign aid in his administration. His army was drilled and commanded by his own people and not by Frenchmen. What he built lasted long; his institutions were looked up to with admiration and emulation even a century later in the palmy days of the Peshwas' rule. - [Previous: c19.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.2) - [Next: c19.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.4) - [Up: c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c19.s7.3) · Pramāṇa