Shivaji and His Times c16.s2.37

c16.s2.37

In September 1675 Mr. Samuel Austen went to Raigarh on an embassy from Bombay to demand satisfaction for the damage done to the Company's factory at Dharangaon in Khandesh. This Shivaji refused to pay, saying that the factory was looted by "vagabonds and scouts without order or the knowledge of his general." He, however, "after a strict debate" gave his qaul (assurance of safety) to all the English factories "to prevent like injuries." (O. C. 4106.)