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1674] repeatedly changed hands between the Mughals and the Marathas. But their importance in Shivaji's eyes was only strategical, as they secured his northward route to Baglana and Khandesh. Southwards, Shivaji's power was firmly planted by his annexation of Panhala in 1673 and Kolhapurand Ponda in l675"." Thus his boundary in 1675 extended beyond the Kolhapur district well into western Karnatak or Kanara uplands. The full extent of his kingdom at his death (1680) will be described at the beginning of Ch. XV.