[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) › c7.s8.152 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.152 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.152 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.152) In 1663 little was done in the Konkan till late in the year, when Shiváji collected a force near Kalyán and another near Dánda-Rájápur.⁵ Four thousand horse from Kalyán marched secretly to Surat, and after plundering it brought the booty to Ráygad.⁷ In the following year, 1664, the Bijápur troops made a strong attempt to recover the southern part of the Konkan, but Shiváji came upon them suddenly, and completely defeated them. He burnt Vengurla which he believed to be hostile to him, and then collecting a fleet at Málvan made a plundering expedition as far as Barcelor. This was remarkable as the only maritime expedition in which Shiváji himself took part, and perhaps the adverse winds which delayed him on his return, as they usually do all voyagers up the coast during the latter part of the cold weather, had something to do with his not repeating the experience. Immediately after his return to Ráygad a most formidable Moghal force attacked his possessions in the Dakhan, and Shiváji, having resolved to yield, left Ráygad and went up the Gháts. There he gave up all the forts and territory he had taken from the Moghals, but some were returned to him, and his possession of the South Koukan was not interfered with. He did not return to Ráygad till December 1666, having in the interval been to and escaped from Delhi.¹ During his absence, Annáji Dattu, who was \*deshpándya\* of Sangameshvar, had charge of the Dábhol \*subha\*, Moro Pingla the Peshwa of Rájpuri and Ráygad, and A'báji Sondev of the Kalyán province.² On his return Shiváji immediately recommenced hostilities against the Moghals, who were once more and very speedily driven out of the greater part of the province of Kalyán, the forts being occupied and repaired by Shiváji's troops. In 1668 he attempted to complete his power in the Southern Konkan by the conquest of Goa and Janjira, but was unsuccessful in both attempts.¹ Soon afterwards he visited Málvan, and built the Sarjekot fort commanding a river two miles north of Málvan, which was then navigable for some distance.³ - [Previous: c7.s8.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.151) - [Next: c7.s8.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.153) - [Up: c7.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.152) · Pramāṇa