Shivaji and His Times c14.s1.12
Shivaji and His Times c14.s1.12
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c14.s1.12
At this stage we may conveniently inquire into what happened in Maharashtra during Shivaji's absence from home in the Karnatak expedition (January 1677—March 1678.) An army was sent under Shambhuji to annex some Portuguese territory near Goa. He demanded 60 villages from the Portuguese on the ground that they belonged to the fort of Phonda, which was now in Shivaji's possession; but on meeting with a refusal, he made a rash assault on the Portuguese, who beat him off. Then the Marathas left the district for Daman, hoping to find less opposition there (Nov. 1677.) But no permanent gain resulted from this campaign. (Dutch Rec., Vol. 34, No. 844.) The Maratha embassy to Goa in December 1677, will be described in Chapter 14.