Shivaji and His Times c13.s2.2
Shivaji and His Times c13.s2.2
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c13.s2.2
At first the Hindu Nayaks of Jinji, Tanjore and Madura rose against their sovereign Shri Ranga of Vijaynagar (then holding Court at Vellore.) The ruler of Madura begged the aid of Golkonda, which came, conquered the Vellore province and expelled Shri Ranga to find a last refuge with his vassal of Mysore. Then the same Nayak of Madura invited Adil Shah, who took Jinji fort and annexed that rich province (1649), and advancing further south forced the Nayaks of Tanjore and Madura to pay enormous contributions and promise annual tributes [Mission du Madure, iii. 41-47.]