Shivaji and His Times c11.s2.28

c11.s2.28

Shivaji had planned to march his army down the west coast, get on board his fleet waiting at Bhatkal (14° N, the southern point of the North Kanara district), and raid the coast towns. But Khawas Khan barred his path and turned him back after an obstinate battle (about 25th October), in which six thousand men are said to have fallen. Immediately rumour exaggerated the result as a disaster to Shivaji, who was reported to have been chased and closely invested in a fort by the Bijapuris.∗