08-29-2006, 03:42 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Shivaji himself wrote about this
encounter, " Thereupon Khawas Khan marched upon me, and
I on my part answered his charge vigorously. A stiff battle
ensued in which the enemy was completely routed and ran
back to Bijapur after losing some brave commanders under
him. I then turned to punish the Sawant for his wanton de-
sertion of my cause, plundered his territory and captured his
forts and towns. As the Portuguese sheltered him I blew
their fort of Ponda with gunpowder and captured it by sheer
force. They negotiated for peace and gave me some guns.
Pitambar Shenvai came to me as an envoy of peace to treat
both for the Savant and the Portuguese. I annexed half the
territory of the Savant and restored the other half to him. I reminded him that he was a son of the Bhosles and ought to
join me in saving our country and religion/'14
new history of the marathas volume I shivaji and his line 1600 1707, govind sakharam sardesai, Pg 163 and 164.
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encounter, " Thereupon Khawas Khan marched upon me, and
I on my part answered his charge vigorously. A stiff battle
ensued in which the enemy was completely routed and ran
back to Bijapur after losing some brave commanders under
him. I then turned to punish the Sawant for his wanton de-
sertion of my cause, plundered his territory and captured his
forts and towns. As the Portuguese sheltered him I blew
their fort of Ponda with gunpowder and captured it by sheer
force. They negotiated for peace and gave me some guns.
Pitambar Shenvai came to me as an envoy of peace to treat
both for the Savant and the Portuguese. I annexed half the
territory of the Savant and restored the other half to him. I reminded him that he was a son of the Bhosles and ought to
join me in saving our country and religion/'14
new history of the marathas volume I shivaji and his line 1600 1707, govind sakharam sardesai, Pg 163 and 164.
http://dli.iiit.ac.in/cgi-bin/Browse/scrip...e=2020050057066<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->