[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.s30.37 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.37 Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.37 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.37) But the peace was essentially a hollow truce on both sides. Shivaji's sole aim in making it was to save himself from the possibility of a combined attack by three great Powers and to recover his strength during this respite from war. Aurangzib, ever suspicious of his sons, looked upon Muazzam's friendship with Shiva as a possible menace to his throne, and he secretly planned to entrap Shivaji a second time, or at least to seize his son and general as hostages. (Sabh. 62.) - [Previous: c8.s30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.36) - [Next: c8.s30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.38) - [Up: c8.s30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.37) · Pramāṇa