Shivaji and His Times c8.s23.4

c8.s23.4

At last, on 20th November, 1665, Jai Singh set out on the invasion of Bijapur,* from the fort of Purandar. The Maratha contingent, 9,000 strong, under Shiva and his kinsman (khwesh) Netaji Palkar,—"whom the Deccanis regard as a second Shivaji,"—formed the Left Centre of the Mughal army.