A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.94

v1.c13.94

² [According to Kincaid and Parasnis (pp. 220 ff.), Sivājī fled from Agra to Mathurā, thence to Benares, Allahābād and Gayā, and so into Bengal, whence he made his way via Indore to Poona. He was accompanied by a Brahman of Mathurā, Krishnājī Vishvanath, whose mother succeeded, with assistance from the Brahman family mentioned above by Grant Duff, in conveying Sambhājī back to Raigarh. The Sabhāsad Bakhar (Mānkar's trans., p. 52), however, gives the route as Mathurā, Waranāsī (Benares) and thence via Gondawān (Gondwānā) to Bhāganagar (Golkonda) and Bijāpur. It mentions that Sivājī worshipped Srī Vishveshvar at Benares, and that ‘the attendants performed the ceremony usually performed at Gayā on the occasion of a pilgrimage there.’ Professor Sarkar agreeing with the Sabhāsad Bakhar states that the route was Mathurā, Allahābād, Benares, Gayā and Puri, ‘and then south-westwards through Gondwāna and Golkonda, describing a vast loop round India before returning to Rajgarh.’ (Shivaji and His Times, Calcutta (1919), pp. 187–95.) Krishnājī Vishvanāth and his brothers, Kāshīrāo and Visājīpant, were brothers-in-law of Sivājī's Pēshwā, Moropant Pinglē.]