[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) › c4.s6.7 # Shivaji and His Times c4.s6.7 Shivaji and His Times c4.s6.7 - **Language:** English ### [c4.s6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s6.7) Thus, in the end a tribe,—or rather a collection of tribes and castes,—was fused into a nation,\[\*\] and by the end of the 18th century a Maratha people in the political and cultural senses of the term had been formed, though caste distinctions still remained. Thus history has moulded society. - [Previous: c4.s6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s6.6) - [Next: c4.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s7.1) - [Up: c4.s6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c4.s6.7) · Pramāṇa