[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.s24.2 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s24.2 Shivaji and His Times c8.s24.2 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s24.2) But Jai Singh plied him with hopes of high reward and "used a thousand devices" (as he repeatedly wrote in his letters), to induce him to go to Agra. The Maratha chronicles assert that Jai Singh gave Shiva hopes that after his visit to the Emperor he was likely to be sent back as Viceroy of Mughal Deccan, with sufficient men and money for the conquest of Bijapur and Golkonda. - [Previous: c8.s24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s24.1) - [Next: c8.s24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s24.3) - [Up: c8.s24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s24.2) · Pramāṇa