Shivaji and His Times c9.s1.7
Shivaji and His Times c9.s1.7
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c9.s1.7
Chackne (from the usual practice of tacking two places together in one sub-division) and described as “a place of great concern in a very large plain in the heart of all Shivaji’s upper country.” This description suggests Puna and not Chakan; but we have no direct evidence that Shivaji got back Puna and Chakan from the Mughals by the treaty of 1665 or that of 1668. The English record a rumour, which we know was baseless, that the capture of this place Dilir Khan killed Kartoji Gujar, the Maratha Lieutenant-General, (i.e., Pratap Rao.)