Shivaji and His Times c13.s3.1

c13.s3.1

According to the usual good luck of Shivaji, a most valuable source of local knowledge in the scene of his projected invasion was secured by him before he started. Raghunath Narayan Hanumanté had been left by Shahji as the guardian and regent of his younger son Vyankoji and had ruled the province with absolute authority. When Vyankoji grew up, he naturally wished to be master in his own dominions and could not brook the supremacy of his minister any longer. During his long years of power, Raghunath had dishonestly enriched himself from the public revenue* and he was now called upon to render accounts.