[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.s23.13 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s23.13 Shivaji and His Times c8.s23.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.13) On receiving the unexpected check before Bijapur, Jai Singh looked round, to create a diversion. As he writes in a despatch to the Court, "At my request the Emperor had \[on 25th Dec.\] sent a robe of honour and a jewelled dagger for Shiva, who was ready to co-operate at the siege of Bijapur, but......I did not deem it expedient. Shiva said to me,—'If you detach me, I can go and capture for the Emperor Panhala, of which I know all the exits and entrances, while the garrison are off their guard. I shall raise so much disturbance in that district that the enemy will be compelled to divert a large force from their army to oppose me.' As his words bore promise of action, I sent him away on his promised errand." (H. A., Ben. MS. 84b.) - [Previous: c8.s23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.12) - [Next: c8.s23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.14) - [Up: c8.s23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.13) · Pramāṇa