History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s15.4

v4.c64.s15.4

∗ This Avji Pandit could not have been Avji Ballal the son of Shivaji's chitnis Balaji Avji, who was a Prabhu Yet he was a person of importance, as a Bombay letter of 27 Nov 1680 informs us "Avji Pandit a person of great esteem and quality in Shivaji's time com manded the army next under Moro Pandit, he came to the island on the 20th instant with a letter from Shembhuji complaining of our harbouring the Siddi " [O M 116] I conjecture that he was Avji Mahadev, a Karkun mentioned in Sabhasad Bakhar, 4th ed, p 103