History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c73.s3.2

v5.c73.s3.2

The Mughals had been holding for some years past the plains of the Nasik and Puna districts, but not the hill-forts within their limits. The first Mughal successes after Shambhuji's fall were the capture of the mountain strongholds in the extreme north-west (the Nasik district) and the descent from them into the Thana district of North Konkan, across the Western Ghats. The inland parts of Central and Southern Konkan remained in Maratha possession.