History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s13.5

v4.c64.s13.5

But Shambhuji’s interests did not exactly coincide with Akbar’s. Why should he go out of the safety of the Deccan hills and jungles into the broad plains of North India where his troops would lose their natural advantage? Why should he denude his country of its defenders by accompanying Akbar in the wild project of invading Hindustan, and thus give Aurangzib an opportunity of conquering Maharashtra in his absence and cutting off his return home from North India, where a defeat would mean annihilation for the Maratha army? His work lay at home.