[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) › c9.s2.31 # Shivaji and His Times c9.s2.31 Shivaji and His Times c9.s2.31 - **Language:** English ### [c9.s2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.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.) - [Previous: c9.s2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c9.s2.30) - [Next: c9.s2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c9.s2.32) - [Up: c9.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c9.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Tikota](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.tikota) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c9.s2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c9.s2.31) · Pramāṇa