History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c60.s8.2
History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c60.s8.2
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v4.c60.s8.2
In view of his two enemies, Jai Singh very wisely decided to take up a position between both, i.e., in the eastern part of Shivaji's dominion, whence he could also easily threaten Bijapur, instead of pushing the war into the Western Ghats or the Konkan plain further west. He knew that if he could strike fatally at the heart of the Maratha kingdom, the distant limbs would drop down of themselves.