Shivaji and His Times c12.s4.6

c12.s4.6

Next month (March 1674), however, Siddi Sambal attacked Shivaji's admiral Daulat Khan in the Satavli river (i.e., the Muchkundi creek in the Ratnagiri district), both the admirals being wounded and the two sides losing 100 and 44 men respectively. The Marathas were left victors, and Siddi Sambal withdrew to Harishwar, a port 21 miles south of Janjira. In May Shivaji, who "was resolved to take that castle (Danda-Rajpuri) let it cost him what it will," was reported to be daily sending down more artillery, ammunition, men and money to strengthen his siege-troops. In the course of this year he reduced the whole coast of South Konkan from Rajpuri to Bardes north of Goa, but not the fort of Danda-Rajpuri. (F. R. Surat 88.) By the end of 1672 he had already spent a vast treasure and 15,000 soldiers in his futile attacks on Janjira. (O. C. 3760.)