History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c73.s1.2

v5.c73.s1.2

At the time of the downfall of Shambhuji and the hurried crowning of Rajaram (Feb. 1689), the leading persons in the Maratha State who had survived the havoc of Shambhuji's reign were three: Nilkantha Moreshwar Pinglé the Peshwa, Ramchandra Nilkantha Bavdékar the Amatya, and Shankaraji Malhar the Sachiv.* In addition to them there was an officer possessed of the highest cleverness and experience, namely, Prahlad, the son of the late Chief Justice and shrewd diplomatist, Niraji Ravji. This Prahlad had been Maratha ambassador at Golkonda, and had, in that capacity, done signal services to Shivaji and Shambhuji, and the influence and knowledge that he had thus acquired were so great that he became all in all in the council of Rajaram at Jinji.