[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) › c8.s7.6 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s7.6 Shivaji and His Times c8.s7.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s7.6) The townspeople were sheep worthy of such a shepherd. A population composed mostly of money-loving traders, poor artisans, punctilious fire-worshippers and tender-souled Jains, cannot readily take to war even in self-defence. The richest merchants, though owning millions of Rupees, had not the sense to hire guards for the protection of their wealth, though they might have done so at only a twentieth part of what they were soon to lose through pillage. - [Previous: c8.s7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s7.5) - [Next: c8.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s7.7) - [Up: c8.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s7.6) · Pramāṇa