[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.s23.9 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s23.9 Shivaji and His Times c8.s23.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.9) On 29th December, 1665, Jai Singh arrived at Makhnapur,\* ten miles north of Bijapur fort. Here his advance was stopped, and after waiting for a week, he was forced to begin his retreat on 5th January, 1666, as he found his fondly hoped-for chance of taking Bijapur by a coup de main gone. He was not prepared for a regular siege, because, in his eagerness "to grasp the golden opportunity" of attacking Bijapur while undefended and torn by domestic factions, he had not brought any big artillery and siege-materials with himself. On the other hand, Adil Shah had put the fort of Bijapur in a strong posture of defence; its walls had been repaired, large quantities of provisions and material laid in, its regular garrison augmented by 30,000 Karnatak infantry, and the country round for a radius of seven miles laid waste, drained of its water-supply, and denuded of its trees. At the same time he had sent a picked force under Sharza Khan and Siddi Masaud to invade the Mughal dominions and make a diversion in Jai Singh's rear. - [Previous: c8.s23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.8) - [Next: c8.s23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.10) - [Up: c8.s23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s23.9) · Pramāṇa