The mughal subhedar did not protect the city, so shivaji maharaj raided surat. The mughal army under the command of aurangzeb recaptures orchha in october 1635. In december 1634, he was assigned to his first post with the rank of ten thousand horse and four.
Was it merely a gesture of admiration, or did it conceal a. Sawai raja jai singh who was sent by aurangjeb with large army, through tactful military and diplomatic manuverings, got shivaji to visit court of aurangjeb, where he along. Shivaji raided mughal territories near ahmednagar and junnar (1657), prompting aurangzeb to send nasiri khan, who defeated shivaji’s forces.
His army collected gold, silver, and wealth, which was later used to strengthen swaraj. During the first half of 1681’s mughals started conquering. Jai singh was to persuade shivaji to settle and go along with him in an intrusion of bijapur. Aurangzeb was one of them who began his journey to deccan to conquer the relatively young maratha empire.
A prolific communicator, one of his oft quoted works is the letter of protest that he wrote to the mughal emperor aurangzeb on the imposition of 'jizya'. Why did the iconic hindu king who founded the maratha empire write a letter to his greatest adversary, aurangzeb? Aurangzeb sent jaisingh, an experienced and powerful rajput sardar against shivaji maharaj.