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42 any mischief. On his release he seems to have lived for some time in the Tungabhadra region subduing the rebellious chieftains of his jagir in Northern Mysore. Here his eldest son Shambhuji fell in an attack on Kanakgiri, but he himself afterwards carried the fort by assault. (Chit. 23; Dig. 61-62; T. S. 8b.)

While Shahji was in prison, or after his release, an attempt was made by the Bijapuri Court to capture Shiva. For this purpose a Maratha named Baji Shyamraje was sent into Konkan with 10,000 men. By way of Wai and Javli, in the northern side of the Satara district, he reached the town of Mahad, hoping to surprise Shivaji there. But Shiva was just then at Chaul, looting the port and setting up his own administration there, and so he returned to Rajgarh without being caught. A detachment from his army fell on Baji Shyamraje and sent him quickly back with heavy loss by the same way that he had come.*

As the release of Shahji had been conditional, Shiva kept quiet during the years 1649 to 1655. He seems to have contented himself with consolidating