A History of the Mahrattas v1.c15.73

v1.c15.73

In the month of May a detachment of Mawulees surprised Purlee; but its capture having put the garrisons in the neighbourhood on the alert, Satara, a fort that had always been kept in good order by the Beejapoor government, which was next invested, sustained a siege for several months, and did not surrender till the beginning of September. It is remarkable that this fort had been long used as a state prison, anterior perhaps to the Edil Shahee dynasty. Sivajee little contemplated its being made applicable to a similar purpose for the persons of his descendants.²