[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928) › c5.80 # The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c5.80 The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c5.80 - **Language:** English ### [c5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c5.80) Religion has now lost the influence it once exercised over politics and it is not easy to realise today how Shivaji’s message stirred his co-religionists outside Maharashtra. That it touched a few responsive hearts, there is no doubt at all. Did not Bhushan³ travel all the way from Etawa to Raigad to sing the glories of the new champion of Hinduism? Was not the same note echoed by Lalkavi?⁴ Did not Chhatrasal, the renowned Bundela chief, look to Shivaji as his ideal?¹ To a Frenchman² he was a second Julius Caesar, a second Gustavus Adolphus. Is it any wonder that the Hindus burning with the shame of their degradation should admire and worship him? - [Previous: c5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c5.79) - [Next: c5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c5.81) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1928.c5.80) · Pramāṇa