Question

Write about these in your own words.

Shivaji Maharaj’s campaign of the South. 

Answer 1

1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj undertook a campaign of the South in October 1677, after three years of coronation.
2. He went to Golconda, where he called on the Qutubshah and entered into a treaty of friendship with him. 
3. Later, Shivaji Maharaj won Bengaluru, Hoskote in Karnataka, Jinji, Vellore, etc. forts in Tamil Nadu, and some other territories of Adilshah.
4. He appointed Raghunath Narayan Hanamante as the chief administrator to look after these conquered territories.