[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c8.s17.2 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s17.2 Shivaji and His Times c8.s17.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s17.2) This Vajragarh commands the machi or lower fort of Purandar on its northern and most important face, as the garrison has to live here. It was by seizing Vajragarh that Jai Singh in 1665 and the English in 1817 made Purandar untenable for the Marathas. Jai Singh, like a true general, decided to attack Vajragarh first. (Bom. Gaz. xvii. pt. iii, pp. 428-435.) - [Previous: c8.s17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s17.1) - [Next: c8.s18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s18.1) - [Up: c8.s17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s17.2) · Pramāṇa