[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c12.s5.2 # Shivaji and His Times c12.s5.2 Shivaji and His Times c12.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [c12.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c12.s5.2) That island had been besieged by Shiva with a great force some months earlier. The neighbouring coast was dotted with his outposts and redoubts, and he also built some floating batteries and made an attempt to throw a mole across the sea from the mainland to the island of Janjira.\* The siege was raised at the end of 1675, at the arrival of the fleet under Siddi Sambal; but it was renewed next year with greater vigour than before. The Peshwa Moro Pant was sent (August, 1676) with 10,000 men to co-operate with the fleet and the former siege-troops. They felled all the wood around to make floating platforms with breastworks, from which the walls were to be assaulted. - [Previous: c12.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c12.s5.1) - [Next: c12.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c12.s5.3) - [Up: c12.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c12.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c12.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c12.s5.2) · Pramāṇa