History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c78.s6.18

v5.c78.s6.18

The noble house of Jadav Rao of Sindhkhed, in which the great Shivaji's mother had been born, entered the Mughal army early in Shah Jahan's reign (1630), after the murder of Lakhji Jadav Rao,* and they remained on the imperial side for several generations. But in Aurangzib’s time, this family, though enjoying its wealth and honours, did not hold any high command or position of importance." This was probably due to the usual intellectual and moral decay which seizes old aristocracies. The Mughal official records do not mention any member of the family of Chandra Rao Moré (of Javli), though some of them had joined the Emperor’s party in 1665, as we learn from Jai Singh’s letters. They seem to have returned to the national cause or sunk into obscurity.†