The illustrated mapDay 1
A hand-drawn 1630 relief of the Deccan — the Sahyadri, the sea, the empires. Lives inside Day 1.
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Pune & the boyhood country
Shivneri शिवनेरीDay 2
Birthplace, above Junnar.
Pune / Lal Mahal लाल महालDay 3 · 13
Boyhood home; later the night raid on Shaista Khan.
Raireshwar रायरेश्वरDay 5
The plateau temple of the oath.
Tuljapur तुळजापूरDay 9
Temple of the goddess Tulja Bhavani.
Torna & Rajgad तोरणा · राजगडDay 6
The first fort, and the first capital.
Forts of the great deeds
Pratapgad प्रतापगडDay 10
The Afzal Khan encounter.
Panhala · Vishalgad · Pavan KhindDay 11 · 12
The siege, the escape, and the pass held to the last.
Purandar पुरंदरDay 15
Murarbaji's stand; the treaty.
Sinhagad (Kondhana) सिंहगडDay 17 · 29
Tanaji's night climb.
Nesari नेसरीDay 19
Prataprao and the seven.
Raids & the wider world
Surat सुरतDay 14
Striking the Mughal purse (Gujarat) — a raid told honestly, with its costs.
Agra आग्राDay 16
The cage and the escape (Uttar Pradesh).
Salher साल्हेरDay 18
The great open-field win, in the north of Maharashtra.
The capital & the sea
Raigad + Hirkani Buruj रायगडDay 21 · 22 · 28
The coronation capital, Hirkani's bastion, and the samadhi.
Pachad पाचाडDay 23
Rajmata Jijabai's home and samadhi, at the foot of Raigad.
Sindhudurg · Vijaydurg सिंधुदुर्ग · विजयदुर्गDay 24
The forts of the new Maratha navy.
Janjira · Padmadurg जंजिरा · पद्मदुर्गDay 24
The Siddis' island fortress he never took, and his counter-fort beside it.
The just king, the saints & the long war
Chiplun चिपळूणDay 26
Cavalry camp of 1673; the letter forbidding troops to take anything from farmers.
Ranjhe · Kalyan रांझे · कल्याणDay 26
The patil's trial (c. 1645–46); Kalyan taken in 1657, home of a famous legend.
Dehu · Alandi · Pandharpur देहू · आळंदी · पंढरपूरDay 9 · 27
Tukaram's and Dnyaneshwar's towns, and Vithoba's temple at the end of the vari.
Chaphal · Sajjangad चाफळ · सज्जनगडDay 27
Samarth Ramdas's math and his last home.
Patgaon · Kelshi पाटगाव · केळशीDay 27
Mauni Baba's math; Yakub Baba's dargah on the Konkan coast.
Shrigonda श्रीगोंदाSaints
Old Chambhargonda: Sheikh Muhammad's shrine and Maloji's gift of a math; raided by Marathas in 1657. Story →
Jalna जालनाDay 28
Target of Shivaji's last raid, late 1679.
Sangameshwar · Tulapur संगमेश्वर · तुळापूरDay 29
Where Sambhaji was captured, and where he died (1689).
Ramsej रामशेजDay 29
Small fort near Nashik that held out against a huge Mughal army.
Keladi केळदीDay 29
Queen Chennamma's kingdom, which sheltered Rajaram (1689).
Ahmednagar · Khuldabad अहमदनगर · खुल्दाबादDay 29
Where Aurangzeb died (1707), and where he is buried.
The south & the enemy capitals
Gingee & Vellore जिंजीDay 25
The southern campaign, in Tamil Nadu.
Hyderabad (Golconda) · Srisailam गोवळकोंडा · श्रीशैलमDay 25
The ally's capital, and the temple where he stayed ten days.
Bijapur & Delhibackdrop
The sultan's and the emperor's capitals — the powers he pushed against.