Man singh was sent by akbar to maharana pratap to make a deal with akbar and acknowledge. 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. Aurangzeb sent jaisingh, an experienced and powerful rajput sardar against shivaji maharaj.
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. His army collected gold, silver, and wealth, which was later used to strengthen swaraj.
The mughal subhedar did not protect the city, so shivaji maharaj raided surat. 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'. 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.
Why did the iconic hindu king who founded the maratha empire write a letter to his greatest adversary, aurangzeb? Was it merely a gesture of admiration, or did it conceal a. Aurangzeb was one of them who began his journey to deccan to conquer the relatively young maratha empire.