[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c10.67 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c10.67 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c10.67 - **Language:** English ### [c10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c10.67) In June 1674 Shiváji ventured openly to declare his independence by being formally crowned at Ráygad; his ministry was reformed, and new names were given to the offices. His chief ministers (Asht Pradhán) were Moro Pant Pingle Peshwa or Mukhya Pradhán; Rámchandra Pant Bawrikar the son of Abáji Sondev Mujumdár or Pant Amát, Annáji Dattu Pant Sachiv, Hambir Ráo Mohita Senápati, and Janárdan Pant the Sámant. Of the officers not among the Asht Pradhán the chief was Báláji Auji, his chitnis, a Parbhu. In 1675 Shiváji again began hostilities with the Mughals, and Moro Pant retook several of the forts near Junnar, but again failed in an attempt on Shivner. Shiváji also regained the forts between Panhála and Tátora; but while he was occupied in the Konkan with the siege of Phonda, these forts were taken by the deshmúkhs of Phaltan and Maláwdi acting for the king of Bijápur. Next year Shiváji again recovered them, and, in order to strengthen his hold on the country, he built the intermediate forts of Vardangad, Bhushangad, Sadáshivgad, and Machandragad. Having completed these arrangements he set out on an expedition to the Karnátak, where he took Jinji, Bellári, and other forts, and overran his father's jáhgir round Bangalor held by his half brother Venkáji. He returned to Ráygad about the middle of A.D. 1678, and next year made an alliance with Bijápur, which was threatened by the Mughal army under Dilir Khán. Unable to divert the Mughals from the siege of Bijápur, Shiváji ravaged the country north of the Bhíma, penetrating as far as Jálna about thirty miles south of Ajánta; but on his return he was intercepted by a force near Sangamner, and made his way to the hill fort of Patta only after a hard-fought action. Here he stayed till he was recalled south by the entreaties of the regent of Bijápur and the desertion of his son Sambháji to the Mughals. His troops cut off the supplies of the Mughal army, defeated two detachments, and forced Dilir Khán to raise the siege; while Sambháji returned to his father. Soon after this Shiváji died at Ráygad in April 1680. At the time of his death he held the country from the Harankáshi river on the south to the Indráyani river on the north. Supa, Indápur and Bárámati were his jáhgir districts, and the forts between Tátora and Panhála mark his boundary on the east. Besides this tract he had territories in the Konkan, in the Karnátak, in Baglán, and in Khándesh. - [Previous: c10.66](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c10.66) - [Next: c10.68](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c10.68) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c10.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c10.67) · Pramāṇa