Shivaji and His Times c8.s8.1

c8.s8.1

The plunder of Surat yielded him above a *kror* of Rupees, the city “not having been so rich [as then] in many years before.” The looting was unresisted, and extended over fully four days and nights, and he “scorned to carry away anything but gold, silver, pearls, diamonds and such precious ware." (Log of the Loyal Merchant.)