from Madras factors, 340 and 343—blackmail from Nayak of Madura, 344—Shiva invites Vyankoji to interview, 344—flight of Vyankoji, 345—Shiva at Vriddhachalam, 347—asks for siege-engineers from Madras, 347—enters Mysore plateau, 348—Vellore capitulates, 349—value of Shiva's conquests in Karnatak, 349—Vyankoji attacks Shiva's agent Shantaji, 350—peace, Madras plains restored to Vyankoji, 352.
Chapter XIII. His Last Years ... 353—383
Route of return from Karnatak, 353—fight with Savitri Bai, 354—attempt to gain Bijapur fort by bribery, 355—Shambhuji attacks Goa territory, 356—Peshwa plunders Trimbak-Nasik, 357—the Mianas of Kopal district, 357—annexations beyond Tunga-bhadra, 358—second failure at Shivner, 359—disorder in Bijapur and weakness of Masaud, 361—Shambhuji deserts to Dilir, 362—Maratha stratagem to seize Bijapur fort, detected, 363—Mughals and Bijapuris against Shiva, 364—Dilir captures Bhupalgarh, 364—Marathas fight Ikhlas Khan, 365—and capture a Mughal convoy at Karkamb, 366—Shivaji's letter to Aurangzib against the jaziya, 366—Dilir invades Bijapur, 371—Shiva arrives near Bijapur to help, 372—Dilir ravages environs of Bijapur, 373—sacks Athni, 374—Shambhuji returns to father, 375—Shivaji defeated by Dilir, 376—fortifies Panhala as a refuge, 376—raids Khandesh, 377—sack of Jalna, 377—curse of saint, 378—Shiva defeated by Ranmast Khan, 378—escapes with heavy loss, 379—anxiety about succession, 380—lectures to Shambhu, 380—intrigues among Shiva's wives, 382—death of Shivaji, 382—was he poisoned? 383.
Chapter XIV. Shivaji and the English merchants of the West Coast ... 384—404
Rajapur factors kept in prison, 384—their
