Shivaji and His Times c9.s2.31

c9.s2.31

At nightfall the two forces separated. Bahlol sent a secret message to Pratap Rao saying that he was not really going to fight against Shivaji, but had to make a show of hostility in order to satisfy his Government, and therefore each side should spare the other. Pratap Rao agreed, probably for a bribe, and withdrew his troops from a point in the line of investment, through which Bahlol's wounded army safely fell back on his base Tikota, with the loss of one war-elephant and some baggage only, (about 15th April.)