[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.s30.4 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.4 Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.4 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.4) Still moving eastwards, he visited the famous Hindu shrine of Gaya and was joined by two of his men whom he had sent there beforehand. Then they turned south-westwards and returned home by way of Gondwana, Haidarabad and Bijapur territories. "Through travelling long distances on foot every day, he felt a desire for riding. At the time of buying a pony he had not a sufficient number of Rupees with him. So, opening his purse of gold coins, he gave a few of them to the horse-dealer. The flight of Shivaji had already been noised abroad, and the man cried out, 'You must be Shiva, as you are paying so much for a little pony!' At this Shivaji gave him the whole purse \[as hush money\] and fled from the place." (Dil. 61.) - [Previous: c8.s30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.3) - [Next: c8.s30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.5) - [Up: c8.s30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.4) · Pramāṇa