"Manucci described Sambhaji’s tragic end shortly afterwards (1689 ck) at the hands of Aurangzeb, Aurangzeb ordered him to be bound strongly upon a camel, and on his head was placed a long cap covered with little bells and rattles. This was meant for mockery of the Hindu princes and the Brahmans, who usually wear pointed caps, but without rattles. ... The camel was made to run, so that the rattles made a great noise and aroused everyone’s curiosity, and thus men issued from their tents to see who it was coming. In the course of the procession they made the camel turn from time to time with such suddenness, that the person on it looked as if he must fall from the various movements he made, but the cords with which he was bound prevented it and at the same time wearied him out. Finally, when the perambulation of the royal camp had been completed, the tyrant ordered him to be dragged into his presence. When there he ordered his side to be cloven open with an axe and his heart to be extracted. The body was then flung on a dunghill and abandoned to the tender mercies of the dogs ."
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(Manucci Vol. II 1907: 311-312) in Jain, M. (2019). Flight of deities and rebirth of temples: Episodes from Indian history.283
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Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj (Sambhajiraje Bhonsle, popular famous as Shamburaje) (14 May 1657 – 11 March 1689) was the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha kingdom. He was the eldest son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (Shivajiraje Bhonsle), the founder of the Maratha Empire and his first wife Maharani Saibai. He was successor of the realm after his father's death, and ruled it for nine years. Sambhaji's rule was largely shaped by the ongoing wars between the Maratha kingdom and Mughal Empire as we
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