[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.s8.236 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.236 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c7.s8.236 - **Language:** English ### [c7.s8.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.236) During the reign of Sambháji his family had lived at Ráygad, and his half-brother Rájárám had been detained there in easy captivity. The chief Marátha leaders met at Ráygad as soon as Sambháji's death was announced, and came to a decision which showed great wisdom. As the Moghals were then in force above the Gháts, and as the Marátha state had in the last few years lost most of its power, they agreed to act on the defensive and to trust to the forts, which they put in preparation for attack. Rájárám went about the country as occasion required, and his family were sent to Vishálgad, but Sambháji's widow and child remained at Ráygad. Immediately after the rains of 1689 the Moghal force came down into the Konkan and took Ráygad after several months' siege. Sháhu, then a child, was taken prisoner with his mother,³ and there is no record of his ever having returned to the Konkan. And from this time Ráygad lost its importance, because the degeneracy of the descendants of Shiváji prevented their making use of the forts in the same way as he and Sambháji had done. - [Previous: c7.s8.235](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.235) - [Next: c7.s8.237](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.237) - [Up: c7.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.236](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c7.s8.236) · Pramāṇa