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The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s8.t5.16

The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s8.t5.16

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c14.s8.t5.16

It is as an expression of Śivāji’s cultural nationalism that we have to watch his sedulous re-christening of old hill forts in Sanskrit.¹⁴ The names of such forts as Sinhagaḍ, Viśālgaḍ, Rājgaḍ, Suvarṇadurg, Vijaydurg, Bhīmagaḍ, Pāṇḍavagaḍ, Sundargaḍ, Prachaṇḍagaḍ bespeak his interest in the age-long tradition of the Hindu states.

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