[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c19.109 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.109 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.109 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.109) Aurangzīb, when freed from the anxieties of the war of succession, determined to punish ‘Ādil Shāh for his evasion of the promises made in the treaty of August, 1657, and his covert aid to Shivājī. He sent Jay Singh to the Deccan early in 1665 “to punish both these rebels”. That general’s first task was to humble Shivājī, which he effected in less than three months by his masterly campaign of Purandar (concluded in June, 1665). In the ensuing cold weather he set out for the invasion of Bījāpur, at the head of 40,000 imperial troops and 9000 Marāthā auxiliaries under Shivājī himself and his lieutenant Netājī Pālkar. The ‘Ādil Shāhī forts on the way fell to him without a blow, and he had his first encounter with the Bījāpur army on 3 January, 1666, when a small detachment was cut off. The Deccani horsemen tried to envelop the Mughuls, evading their charges and breaking into several loose bodies which harassed the heavy cavalry of the north by practising their familiar “cossack” tactics. After a long contest the Mughuls, by repeated charges, drove the enemy back, but as soon as they began their return march the elusive Deccanis reappeared and galled them from both wings and the rear. - [Previous: v4.c19.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.108) - [Next: v4.c19.110](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.110) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.109) · Pramāṇa