The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.183

v4.c19.183

Shivājī,¹ the son of Shāhjī Bhonsle who now began to rise into prominence, had hitherto lived at Poona. His first feat, in 1646, was to persuade the commander of the hill fort of Torna, probably by corrupt means, to surrender the fort to him. He sent agents to Muhammad ‘Ādil Shāh to explain that he had taken this important stronghold in the interests of Bījāpur, but his overtures received no reply. A buried treasure discovered at Torna enabled him to build, in the following year, the fort of Rājgarh, 3 miles from Torna. The Bījāpur government called his father to account and he was censured, but merely temporised.