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1647] the Chitnis Bakhar and Shivadigvijay, he gave the two younger brothers estates elsewhere as compensation. (Sabh. 9; Chit. 40; Dig. 121-122; T. S. 11b- 12a.) Supa, Baramati and Indapur, in the south-eastern corner of the Puna district, had belonged to him from before. And now the occupation of Purandar, Rajgarh, Kondana and Torna secured his territory by a strong chain of hill-forts on the south. Another fort in the same direction was Rohira, gained some time afterwards. North-west of Puna he acquired the forts of Tikona, Lohgarh, and Rajmachi, — the last being on the Sahyadri crest, 6 miles north of the Bhor pass and overlooking the Konkan plain on the west. (Chit. 33-36; Dig. 148, a mere list.)

Next Shivaji crossed the Western Ghats -and ventured into Konkan. The northern part of this coast-strip formed the Kalian (modern, Thana) district and was then held by an Arab foreigner named Mulla Ahmad of the Nawaiyat clan, one of the leading nobles of Bijapur. The protracted illness of Muhammad Adil Shah had detained this governor at Bijapur for a long time, and during his absence the defence of his jagir had grown slack and inefficient. (A. N. 576; K. K. ii. 114.) A considerable amount of disaffection and disorder seems to have prevailed among the petty chieftains of the district, which was