Shivaji and His Times c9.s1.2
Shivaji and His Times c9.s1.2
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c9.s1.2
From the environs of Ahmadnagar, Bahadur Khan advanced towards Supa (in the Puna district), while Dilir Khan with a flying column recovered Puna, massacring all the inhabitants above the age of 9 years, (end of December 1671.) Early in January 1672, Shivaji was at Mahad, draining his forts of men to raise a vast army for expelling the invaders from the home of his childhood.* But the pressure on Puna was immediately