Shivaji and His Times c14.s7.8

c14.s7.8

Towards the close of November, a fresh Maratha army of 12,000 men assembled near Rajapur in South Konkan. They fired the town (26th) and set out (on the 28th) for Burhanpur, but abandoned the idea and turned off towards Malkapur, where Shivaji himself was reported to have arranged to meet them with 20,000 more cavalry. Evidently, he did not do so, and the Maratha division that raided Khandesh, in the last week of November, "burning and plundering Dharangaon, Chopra, and many other considerable towns adjacent", was led by one of his generals. [F. R. Surat 108, Rajapur to Surat, 6 Dec.; Vol. 4, Surat Consult. 8 Dec. 1679.]