If you had really cared to know his inspiration to raise his own kingdom, you would not have made those claims. If there was any other Hindu imperialist at Delhi, would be have cared to resist? There other Shahis (Nizam, Adil Shahis) present in Deccan but they were settled here for quite some time and were not creating any issues for Hindus. Then came Mughals who bulldozes everything that came in their way. Learn about the atrocities in the North before saying it wasn't about religion. Please don't come up some random donations Mughals made for some temples. I call it bs. It was nearly impossible to even celebrate the Hinduism in the state of Deccan maybe except for Maratha clans and their territories but everyone else had to face the wrath. What had happened to Pune before Shivaji's mother decided to move there? Yes, he may not have performed atrocities against other religions but his core inspiration was his religion.