Shivaji and His Times c8.s28.4

c8.s28.4

The baskets were deposited at a lonely spot outside the city; the porters were dismissed; and then Shiva and his son issued forth and made their way to a village six miles from Agra, where the trusty Niraji Raoji (his Chief Justice) was waiting for them with horses. After a hurried consultation in a jungle the party divided; Shiva with his son and three officers, Niraji Raoji, Datta Trimbak and Raghumitra, smeared themselves with ashes like Hindu ascetics, and hastened towards Mathura, while the others took their own way homewards.