Shivaji and His Times c8.s29.6

c8.s29.6

With consummate cunning Shiva threw his pursuers off the scent, by following a route exactly opposite to that which leads to Maharashtra. Instead of moving due south-west from Agra, through Malwa and Khandesh or Gujrat, he travelled northwards to Mathura, then eastwards to Allahabad, Benares and Gaya, and finally south-westwards through Gondwana and Golkonda, describing a vast loop round India before returning to Rajgarh.