History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c64.s3.1

v4.c64.s3.1

The new monarch gained a long respite from foreign attacks. (All the military resources of the Mughal empire were then concentrated for the war with the Rajputs under the Emperor's own eyes.) His invasion of Mewar had failed, and immediately after Shivaji's death he had recalled his eldest son Shah Alam from the Deccan to his side. Khan-i-Jahan* was sent to the South for the second time as viceroy, but with inadequate forces, (end of May 1680). In July, he laid siege to Ahivant, a fort in the Chandor range which Shivaji had recovered some months earlier; but the "defenders made good resistance," and the Mughals gained no success. They encamped in the neighbourhood for the rains.