History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c61.s3.26

v4.c61.s3.26

Then, on the 16th, Shiva who had at his own request been detached to make a diversion in the west by attacking fort Panhala, met with a dismal failure. Five days after parting from Jai Singh* on the bank of the Bhima, he had reached Panhala and assaulted it three hours before dawn. But the garrison were on the alert and a thousand Marathas fell down, killed or wounded. When the rising sun lit up the scene, Shivaji found it madness to continue the struggle, and retired baffled to his own fort of Khelna (Vishalgarh), 27 miles westwards. But his troops continued to ravage that quarter and succeeded in drawing and detaining there 6,000 Bijapuris under Siddi Masaud and Randaula Khan. (H.A. 84 b.—85 a.)