Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Shivaji

Battles of Shivaji

Indian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire), 1627 to 1680

Shivaji is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1659 and 1678: 3 battles and 4 sieges, all in present-day India. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,724 km apart end to end, 287 km between engagements on average. Most belong to battles involving the Maratha Empire (3).

Siege of PanhalaSiege of Shivneri FortBattle of PratapgarhBattle of SuratBattle of PurandarSiege of PurandharSiege of PondaBattle of PratapgarhBattle of SuratBattle of PurandarSiege of PurandharSiege of PondaHyderabadPuneNagpurAmaravatiNasikAurangabadSholapurKolhapurNandedAkola500 km18.283N, 73.477E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1659: 1 engagements1660: 1 engagements1664: 1 engagements1665: 2 engagements2 in 16651675: 1 engagements1678: 1 engagements16591678
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Pratapgarh, 1659Siege of Panhala, 1660Battle of Surat, 1664Battle of Purandar, 1665Siege of Purandhar, 1665Siege of Ponda, 1675Siege of Shivneri Fort, 167816591678
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1659Battle of PratapgarhIndiaMaratha victory
22 September 1660Siege of PanhalaPanhala Fort, India137 km SEBijapur Sultanate victory
5 January 1664Battle of SuratSurat, India502 km NMaratha victory; The Maratha sacks the city for five or six...
1665Battle of PurandarPurandar Fort, India342 km SMughal victory
31 March 1665Siege of PurandharPurandar Fort, India0 km NMughal victory
8 April 1675Siege of PondaPonda, India321 km SMaratha victory
1678Siege of Shivneri FortIndia423 km NMughal victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.