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Most of the invaders from Central asia were looters I guess, as far as the marhata confederacy is concerned it encompassed Pakistani Punjab as well but that was for a short time (3 years at the most) since the Afghans returned from their mountains (Durrani empire).
This love hate relationship of Afghans and the Pakistan is quite ancient 
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People from South Asia always remained under threat from Central Asia and they always looked forward to them to help them out against the local rulers. Sindh also faced some cruel rulers ( Arghoon, Tarkhaan and others) belonging to Afghanistan. There is a famous saying in Sindhi which says ' Sindh will be destroyed early from the north'. North is interpreted as Afghanistan.
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The terrain of Central Asia is quite inhospitable and not easy to invade, on the other side most of the areas in the subcontinent were plains hence easy to invade. Plus the areas were good in agriculture and silk etc, hence looters paradise. I dont think any region in the world has been invaded continuously like Pakistan and Northern India.
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Interesting fact about the name of Shiv Sena. Is Aurang Abad is also in Maharashtra. I confused it with Deccan, because I read that Aurangzeb had to pass many years fighting on front of Deccan.
term deccan is not much of use in india nor it's interchangeable with south india...
you can term it more with nizam empire which includes parts andhra (telangana region),karnataka(northern) and souther region of maharastra
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I think historians refer Bijapur, Golkunda and area possessed by Shiva ji as Deccan. While Aurangzeb was successful against the Shia rulers of Bijapur and Golkunda, Marathas gave him and Mughal rulers after him a tough time.
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golkonda is hyderbad,AFAIK it was not ruled by shivaji
deccan covers majority of present day andhra(telanga region ) me being andhraite can tell u shivaji never ruled deccan. ......
maratha empire is based on west of india raigad as capitol
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But Bijapur might be in Maratha's neighbour, because historian report that Shiva ji had to fight both against Bijapur and Aurangzeb.
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But Bijapur might be in Maratha's neighbour, because historian report that Shiva ji had to fight both against Bijapur and Aurangzeb.
Deccan region is very vast. It includes interior Maharastra, vidharba, telengana, Northern Karnataka(including Bijapur), Rayalseema and Mysore region.
Shivaji defeated Bijapur's Sultanete forces in Battle of Pratapgrah.It was their first significant military victory against a major regional power, and led to the eventual establishment of the Maratha Empire.
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I think Deccan (Dakshan) is sanskrit for south.. Deccan include most of the south Indian area.
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According to wikipedia... The word Deccan refers almost exclusively to the Deccan Plateau in southern and central India. It extends over eight Indian states. The three large cities in the Deccan are Chennai the capital of Tamil Nadu,Hyderabad the capital of Andhra Pradesh and Bangalore the capital of Karnataka. Other major cities include Mysore inKarnataka, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad in Maharashtra.
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Nice information... But we only hear Deccan used with Hyderabad (Hyderabad Deccan).
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India has three main topographical features, mountain, plains and peninsula, Deccan is peninsula in southern India originated by volcanic fissure eruption. Generally has black and red soil:) good for sugarcane and cotton naturally as it can absorb heat the best:)
The defeat in third battle of panipat was because of overconfidence of Marathas, they were well trained in Guerrilla fighting but opted for infantry style of fighting leading to disastrous defeat of Maratha, but Marathas decimated his power because of which he couldn't invade any other city except vulnerable delhi:)
Shivaji fought two front battle, His father Shahji was millitary general of Bijapur empire and was in charge of Bangalore, He defeated Kempigowda of Bangalore in the war and retained Bangalore in Bijapur empire, shivaji rebelled against both Mughals and Bijapur. Mughals and Adilshahis were always against each other.
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So Bijapur was at risk from both the Mughals and Marathas. I think at any stage, Aurangzeb tried to portray his war against Marathas as Jihad against pagans, but he at the same time waged a war against Bijapur (which followed different sect than that Aurangzeb followed).
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Bijapur was stronger than Shivajis empire, Shivajis father was general in the army of Bijapur, Aurangzeb wasn't able to capture Deccan from them:), After treaty of Purandar Shivaji misinformed Mughal army about Bijapur's strength and Mughal army lost to Bijapur in the battle:)
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lols... So Aurangzeb was decited before he got angry :)
I read that Shiva Ji was virtually arrested in Agra, but he could get a chance to run away.
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After treaty of Purandar, Mughal commander Rajput Raja Jai Singh to Agra court of Akbar to swear his loyalty but Shivaji rebelled because he was made to stand behind other generals in the court, Aurangzeb wanted to kill him but Raja Jai Singh promised Shivaji's security before hence Shivaji was put in house arrest. Some of Shivaji's spies came with large fruit baskets to visit him whom Aurangzeb gave permission to meet, one replaced the Shivaji and Shivaji sat in that basket and escaped:). Aurangzeb got to know about it when Shivaji appeared again in Poona:)
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interesting history of Shiva ji.. bollywood yaad aa gaya :)
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Shivaji is known for quick movement:k:, Shaista Khan captured his house in Poona, he along with his soldier disguised as Baaraati in marriage possession suddenly attacked Shaista Khan who was living in Shivaji’s house, the quick assault led to Shaista loosing his three fingers while escaping:)
He killed Afzal Khan of Bijapur when while hugging Afzal Khan tried to strangle him, he tore down Shaista’s stomach using his tiger claw. Afzal was colleague of Shahji, hence used to call Shivaji his bhatija:)
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So Rajni Kant is inspired from Shiva Ji in his stunts :D
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No, Shivaji is inspired by Rajnikanth, Had Rajnikanth been around at that time, he would have destroyed mughal army in seconds:D