A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.92

v1.c13.92

Sivajee’s escape was not known until a late hour on the following day, owing to the precaution of making one of his domestics pretend indisposition and lie down on his bed, so that before the alarm spread, pursuit was fruitless. His party as well as himself escaped in the disguise of Gosaeens¹; they visited several places of religious resort; but the route by which they returned to the Deccan is not satisfactorily ascertained.² Sivajee did not throw off his disguise until his arrival at Raigurh, which he reached in December, 1666, after an absence of nine months.³