History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c73.s7.14

v5.c73.s7.14

The year 1692 witnessed a renewal of Maratha activity* and their conspicuous success in many quarters, one of these being their recovery of Panhala from Mughal hands. The important post of Akluj, where the great southern highway from Ahmadnagar to Bijapur crossed the Puna-Haidarabad road, was infested by the enemy, and on 8th May Prince Muizz-ud-din was sent there. Santaji Ghorpare's base was the Mahadev hill to the north-east of Satara, and from this refuge he used to make rapid raids far to the east, over the rolling plains of Bijapur. Evidently the prince effected nothing decisive, as we read of Lutfullah Khan being sent to Akluj in the middle of October, to clear the country between Bijapur and the Bhima.