Collectively they are known as the Mavals. The extremely rugged valleys enclosed by these are usually known as the Mavals or Khores each named after stream running through it, or after the principal village. Shivajiraje grew up amidst the hills and valleys of Pune region under the guidance of his mother Jijabai.Ī number of small spurs run eastward from the sahyadris in the Pune region. Shahajiraje entrusted the administration of the Pune jagir to Shivajiraje and Veermata Jijabai. Veermata Jijabai and Shivajiraje, stayed for a few years with Shahajiraje at Banglore till Shivajiraje was twelve years old.
Shahaijiraje was also assigned a jagir of Banglore. The region comprising Pune, Supe, Indapur and Chakan parganas located between the Bhima and Nira rivers which was vested in Shahajiraje as a jagir was continued by the Adilshah. Thereafter Shahajiraje became a sardar of the Adilshah of Bijapur and was posted in Karnataka. The Nizamshahi kingdom came to an end in A.D. Shahahajiraje tried to save the Nizamshahi, but he could not withstand the combined might of the Mughals and the Adilshahi. The Adilshah of Bijapur allied with the Mughals in this campaign. The Mughals launched a campaign to conquer the Nizamshahi Kingdom.
The Mughals, since the period of Emperor Akbar 1 wanted to expand their power in the South. The British and the Dutch who were engaged in expanding their trade also had their factories on the coast. In the coastal belt of Konkan there were two sea powers, the Portuguese and the Siddi. At the time of Shivaji Maharaj’s birth, most of the territory in Maharashtra was under the possession of the Nizamshah of Ahmednagar and the Adilshah of Bijapur. His father Shahajiraje Bhosale was a prominent sardar in the Deccan. Shivaji’s mother, Jijabai was the daughter of Lakhuji Jadhavrao of Sindkhed. Shivaji Maharaj was born at the Shivneri fort near Junnar in Pune district on 19th February 1630.
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