History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c84.s3.t1.6

v5.c84.s3.t1.6

They also followed him in his invasion of Bijapur (Dec. 1665—Feb. 1666.) Chhatra Sal was next employed in the Mughal attack on Deogarh by Dilir Khan.* Here he fought heroically and was severely wounded, but we must reject his Court-poet's hyperbole that the Mughal victory was solely due to a charge made by Chhatra Sal single-handed, while the rest of the army hung back in fear! Whatever grain of truth the story may have contained, the young Bundela prince felt that he was not being rewarded as he deserved, and that a subaltern's career in the Mughal army did not offer full scope to his soaring ambition. He dreamt of taking to a life of adventure and independence in imitation of Shivaji, which meant a defiance of the Mughal Government.