The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c10.74

c10.74

Meanwhile the siege of Jinji had been going on in a desultory manner. Santáji and Dhanáji inflicted several defeats on Mughal detachments, and once forced them to raise the siege; but at last Zulfikár Khán was ordered peremptorily to take the fort. He first allowed Rám Rájá to escape, and then pressing the siege, soon became master of the fort. Rám Rájá arrived at Vishálgad at the end of A.D. 1697, and soon went to Sátára, which he made the seat of government. Rámchandra Pant, who had so ably managed the government in his absence, was made Pant Amát, and one of his kárkúns, Sankráji Náráyan Gaudekar, was made Pant Sachiv, and is the ancestor of the present chief. Timoji Hanwanta, the son of Janárdan Pânt, was made Pant Pratinidhi; but he did not keep the office long, as in A.D. 1700 Tárábái bestowed it on Parashrám Trimbak.