History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c59.s7.22

v4.c59.s7.22

After Nasiri Khan's victory over Shivaji in the Ahmadnagar district, he was ordered by Aurangzib to "pursue the Marathas and extirpate them." But this could not be done. The rains now set in with the full violence of the monsoons, and the campaign had to be closed. Shivaji retreated to his own country and the Mughal officers fell back on their appointed stations, watching the frontier. "There was peace in the whole district." (Adab. 156a, 149a.)