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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Jay Sinh's letters to the Emperor appear after all to be
formal official reports of the transactions and do not supply
any clue as to how far he agreed or disagreed with Shivaji's
views. This want is admirably made up by the Persian
" Letter addressed to Jaysinh" in the name of Shivaji, ap-
pealing to his heart as a Hindu to appreciate and support the
national and religious uplift undertaken by Shivaji in order to
deliver his land from the oppressive Muslim yoke. Shivaji
urged that as Hindus, they must both work together to win
back their religious liberty and to prevent such persecution as
was involved in the demolition and plunder of temples and
forcible conversions ; that Aurangzeb's power was mainly sup-
ported by the strength of the Rajput princes, and it was a
shame as Shivaji pointed out, that a great ruler of the calibre of
Jay Sinh should not raise even a finger against the Epnperor's
policy but meekly execute it by pMlling the Hindu religion
down. Frank private discussions could not have been avoided
during the famous meeting. This is amply evidenced by
Aurangzeb's own subsequent conduct. He suspected Jay Sinh
of treachery and disgraced him publicly a year later when
Shivaji escaped from Agra, with the connivance, if not with the
active support, of Jay Sinh's son Ram Sinh.
new history of the marathas volume I shivaji and his line 1600 1707, govind sakharam sardesai, Pg 159.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020050057066<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
formal official reports of the transactions and do not supply
any clue as to how far he agreed or disagreed with Shivaji's
views. This want is admirably made up by the Persian
" Letter addressed to Jaysinh" in the name of Shivaji, ap-
pealing to his heart as a Hindu to appreciate and support the
national and religious uplift undertaken by Shivaji in order to
deliver his land from the oppressive Muslim yoke. Shivaji
urged that as Hindus, they must both work together to win
back their religious liberty and to prevent such persecution as
was involved in the demolition and plunder of temples and
forcible conversions ; that Aurangzeb's power was mainly sup-
ported by the strength of the Rajput princes, and it was a
shame as Shivaji pointed out, that a great ruler of the calibre of
Jay Sinh should not raise even a finger against the Epnperor's
policy but meekly execute it by pMlling the Hindu religion
down. Frank private discussions could not have been avoided
during the famous meeting. This is amply evidenced by
Aurangzeb's own subsequent conduct. He suspected Jay Sinh
of treachery and disgraced him publicly a year later when
Shivaji escaped from Agra, with the connivance, if not with the
active support, of Jay Sinh's son Ram Sinh.
new history of the marathas volume I shivaji and his line 1600 1707, govind sakharam sardesai, Pg 159.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020050057066<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->