NO he could have never "annihilated" even a district of the Maratha Empire.
Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj had a choice; To play a Regional card of Alliance with Adilshahis against Mughals or allying with Hindu Kachwaha-led Mughals against local Bijapur & Siddis.
He chose latter.
Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj had a choice; To play a Regional card of Alliance with Adilshahis against Mughals or allying with Hindu Kachwaha-led Mughals against local Bijapur & Siddis.
He chose latter.
It has to be noted in the Bijapur-Mughal War, it was ONE SINGLE Maratha contingent of Adilshahi Empire under Walid-E-Maharaja Sardeshmukh Rattajirao "Narasimharao" (The Man-Lion King) RajeMane that later completely crushed the entire Mughal wing under Mirza Raje Jaisinh.
A victory so complete that the ENTIRE Mughal campaign came to standstill and the Bijapur Sanads credited RajeManes with repelling the Northern invaders.
For the Narasimharao RajeMane clan, this was no big deal, they moved on to their next campaign leaving Mughals in the dust.
For the Narasimharao RajeMane clan, this was no big deal, they moved on to their next campaign leaving Mughals in the dust.
The Narasimharao RajeMane family was so powerful that Aurangzeb had to personally haggle with them, directly without ANY middleman, over assignment of bribe Mansab ranks (as reward for their contribution in martyrdom of Sarsenapati Santajirao Ghorpade, a story for another time).
The notion of a fully sovereign Maratha Chattrapati at his prime with capacity to galvanize upto one hundred thousand troopers being defeated is a garbage forgery, coupling fake dispatches of Mirza Jaisinh & his effeminate Udiraj Munshi's overtly submissive spam letters.
British-Knighted Sir Jadunath crafted his rubbish sections on Purandar Siege with so-called "field-dispatches" discovered only in *1904* with hyperbolic language from Mughal hagiography Alamgirnamah.
Not a SINGLE Maratha source was used in this narrative spinning by Padunath.
Not a SINGLE Maratha source was used in this narrative spinning by Padunath.
In Maratha sources Mirza Raje is glorified as a Hindu correspondent against Diler Khan from long before the Purandar conflict.
Out of the blue, the excretory Padunath spins a narrative of Purandar Defeat to project his own Anti-Maratha hatred. Purandar was an exchange of forts.
Out of the blue, the excretory Padunath spins a narrative of Purandar Defeat to project his own Anti-Maratha hatred. Purandar was an exchange of forts.
Siege of Purandar was merely a casting of illusions, UNIVERSALLY asserted in EVERY single Maratha source WITHOUT FAIL. There was NO violence between Kachwahas and Marathas.
Diler Khan was the ONLY sincere commander of the Mughals, sufficiently disgraced by Murar Baji alone.
Diler Khan was the ONLY sincere commander of the Mughals, sufficiently disgraced by Murar Baji alone.
Diler Khan's sincere passionate attempts galvanizing Mughal performance was sabotaged by Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj by entering direct "negotiations" with Mirza Raje, which in Mughal Term of War officially transferred credit of "objective accomplishment" to him instead of Diler.
Mahakavi Jayaram Pindye's Parnala-Parvata-Grahan Akhyan, either dramatizing official Bijapur Darbar proceedings or projecting Maratha narratives of Purandar Treaty, confirms that Siege of Purandar was an illusion for an exchange of Forts, arranged BY will.
The great Mirza Raje Jaisinh pledged his own life and the support of 50,000 Rajputs under his command in case Mughals conducted any treachery against the Chattrapati.
This is the reason Marathas still take the name of Ambernaresh Jaisinh with special Maratha style "Raje" preifx.
This is the reason Marathas still take the name of Ambernaresh Jaisinh with special Maratha style "Raje" preifx.
The secret Fort-Exchange, which was at center of Purandar Treaty, is regarding invincible Habshi Captial of Murud Janjira defended by over *500* Cannons!
27 Forts was well worth the price for Chattrapati for securing a permanently invulnerable sea-base, looking far to the future.
27 Forts was well worth the price for Chattrapati for securing a permanently invulnerable sea-base, looking far to the future.
As expected these Maratha Narratives are completely obfuscated by Padunath Sarkar using only Mughal Daftar versions of the event which make zero sense whatsoever.
Jadunath went on to deride various Maratha sources themselves instead of adjusting their perspectives in coherence.
Jadunath went on to deride various Maratha sources themselves instead of adjusting their perspectives in coherence.
The polarizing delusion of Kachwahas saving the Chattrapati or choosing to exercise "mercy" on the Haindava Dharmodharaka, all date to the period of Rai Pratapsinh Jaipurkar, who commissioned a hagiography "Pratap-Prakash" in late 1700s, likely the first chauvinist text of North.
Rai Pratapsinh Jaipurkar was the same chief who dragged in the Rathore Jodhpurkar kings & their bannermen in the infamous Battle of Lalsot.
The conflict ended with vast number of Jodhpurkar Cavalry dead and Maratha force leaving the battlefield, and Jaipur patting its own back.
The conflict ended with vast number of Jodhpurkar Cavalry dead and Maratha force leaving the battlefield, and Jaipur patting its own back.
In Pratap-Prakash, the Waqil of Jaipur sings about being present in Pune Daftar & having the guts to boast about saving Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, winning Lalsot, etc. in front of the Peshwa.
All current fake narratives of Kachwaha victories over Marathas originate from that.
All current fake narratives of Kachwaha victories over Marathas originate from that.
The point of Pratap Prakash is about the Waqil Krishna Dutt boasting of his own boldness, erudite hagiography oration, etc. to his employer Rai Pratapsinh under the premise of making such claims on the face of the Brahmin Peshwa at Pune and still making it out alive in one piece.
It must be noted that Maharaja Mahadji Shinde was dead by this time, and Pune was under pressure of Indore Holkars and Gwalior Shindeshahis over domination of the Peshwa's resources.
It made perfect sense for the Peshwa to listen to such random ambassadors with an open mind.
It made perfect sense for the Peshwa to listen to such random ambassadors with an open mind.
Of course Jaipur and the Maratha Empire had excellent relationship in the era of Maharaja Mahadji Shinde despite the violence.
The noble Pratapsinh Kachwaha was a very rational, normal king unlike the fake contemporary propaganda which calls him a transvestite psychopath.
The noble Pratapsinh Kachwaha was a very rational, normal king unlike the fake contemporary propaganda which calls him a transvestite psychopath.
There are various records of Post-Lalsot docility of Kachwaha Rai Pratapsinh who shopped top-grade horses & other gifts on demand for Maharaja Mahadji Shinde whenever needed. There was absolutely no hostility considering a lot of male fighting population of Jaipur was wiped out.
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