[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.c19.120 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.120 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.120 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c19.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.120) Some desultory fighting and fruitless chase of the Marāthā light raiders by the Mughuls occupied the next two years, and then on 15 April, 1663, Shivājī with masterly cunning and secrecy penetrated into Shāyista Khān’s harem in Poona at midnight with a small band of followers and took him so completely by surprise that the Mughul viceroy was wounded, one of his sons, one captain, forty attendants and six women of his harem were killed and two other sons and eight other women were wounded, while the Marāthās lost only six men killed and forty wounded and escaped from the camp without the least hindrance. This result was due to the connivance, or at least the slothfulness, of Jasvant Singh, the first officer of Shāyista Khān. - [Previous: v4.c19.119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.119) - [Next: v4.c19.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.121) - [Up: v4.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19) ## Cites (1) - [Poona](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.poona) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c19.120) · Pramāṇa