Shivaji and His Times c8.s2.3

c8.s2.3

Shivaji found that further delay would ruin him by making escape from that fatal trap impossible. With Pavangarh lost, Panhala could be easily starved into surrender. So, one dark night (13th July), leaving a part of his forces to hold Panhala as long as possible, he slipped out of it with the rest of his men, fell on the Bijapuri trenches below Pavangarh, and in the ensuing confusion took the road to Vishalgarh, 27 miles to the west.