Shivaji and His Times c5.s3.2

c5.s3.2

∗ It is impossible to come to any universal agreement on questions like,—Where did Shivaji spend the years 1637 and 1638, at Puna or at Bijapur? Was it Dadaji Kond-dev or Shivaji who subjugated the Mavals? When did Dadaji die? What was the first Bijapuri fort taken by Shivaji and in what year? In what year or years did he establish his own authority over those forts of his father, which had not been at first placed under him? What were the order and dates of his acquisition of the 40 forts of which he was admittedly in possession in 1659?