History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c78.s5.6

v5.c78.s5.6

But it was only after a hard struggle that Tara Bai's supremacy was established. "Some of the generals obeyed her, some did not. Rajas Bai [the junior wife of Rajaram and the mother of Shambhuji II.] began to quarrel with Tara Bai and form her own faction." [*Ibid*, 72.] There was a third party among the Maratha leaders, who wanted to secure national unity by placing Shahu on the throne, as he represented the elder branch of Shivaji's descendants.