A History of the Mahrattas v1.c9.108

v1.c9.108

³ [Shivner (Sewneree), the birth-place of Sivājī, is the hill-fort of Junnar, about fifty-six miles north of Poona, rising over 1,000 feet above the plain and commanding the road leading to the Nānā and Mālsej ghāts, which was formerly the chief line of communication between this part of the Deccan and the Konkan. (See B.G., vol. xviii, pt. iii, pp. 153–63, 184–201, and Edwardes, Byways of Bombay, p. 29.)]