Shivaji and His Times c5.s4.1

c5.s4.1

Shahji Bhonsle's first wife Jija Bai bore him two sons, Shambhuji and Shivaji. As the elder one died in early youth, history is not concerned with him. Shivaji, their second son, was born in the hill-fort of Shivner, which towers over the city of Junnar, in the extreme north of the Puna district. His mother had prayed to the local goddess, Shivā Bhavāni, for the good of her expected child, and she therefore named him after that deity.