At first Shantaji was worsted and fled for two miles. The Tanjore horsemen, after pursuing him for a mile, returned to their tents to rest from the day's fatigue. But Shantaji, on reaching his camp,*[1] * 'consulting with his captains what the importance and shame [of the defeat] would be, resolved to dress and saddle their horses again, and so immediately rode away by other ways, and in the dead of night surprised them fast at rest after so hard labour, their horses unsaddled, and made a great slaughter of them, taking nigh 1,000 horse, the three chief commanders, the tents and all their baggage, and 100 horses more taken by woodmen who fell to share the plunder. The rest fled over the river Kolerun for Tanjore." (F. R. Surat, Vol. 107, Madras letter of 20th and 29th Nov., 1677; Z. C.)
The victors gave chase. Vyankoji, unable to resist, sued for peace, and Shivaji consenting, a treaty was made through the mediation of Raghunath Narayan Hanumante. The terms are given in Shivadigvijay, 328-332.
- ↑ * Sabhasad, 91, describes the battle thus; "Vyankoji's army was four times as large as that of Hambir Rao, but the latter defeated the former, capturing 4,000 of his horses; besides elephants, jewels, ordinary officers, and Vikaji and Pratapji (two natural sons of Shahji) and other officers of high rank." Shivadigvijay, 314, says that the battle took place at Waligonda-puram and that Shivaji's army was commanded by Bahir Rao Mohite, and not by Shantaji. Chitnis, 143, gives Waligonda-puram.
