A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.184

v1.c17.184

Upwards of a year was spent by the Emperor at Beejapoor, during which success attended his arms in every quarter, and nothing in Sumbhajee's upper country, except the strong forts, remained unsubdued. The Moghul troops had possessed themselves of Tattora, and of the range of forts built by Sivajee between that place and Panalla; and Aurungzebe was now preparing to enter on a regular plan for reducing the whole of the forts, being in his opinion all that remained to complete the conquest he had so long meditated. His design, however, was soon partially obstructed by the breaking out of a disease in his camp, which swept off numbers of his troops, but on moving to Auklooj, on the banks of the Neera, it subsided.¹