“Shivaji visited Aurangzeb's court at Agra in May of 1666 ce. He offered the Mughal emperor gifts and bowed in submission", writes Audrey Truschke about Aurangzeb’s encounter with Shivaji.
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"As was expected for a recent foe-turned-noble", she adds.
"Many historians of the period narrated this encounter, the only recorded face-to-face meeting between Aurangzeb and Shivaji, but they spun different versions of the tale. Most agreed that Shivaji was upset at some perceived slight- perhaps not being acknowledged by the emperor or being asked to stand with lower-ranked nobles- and caused a ruckus at open court. One historian, Khafi Khan, noted that Shivaji fell to the ground howling 'like a wounded animal', and another, Bhimsen Saxena, reported that he 'started shouting meaningless and nonsensical things and posed as if he was under the attack of madness'. Aurangzeb didn’t tolerate such violations of protocol, so Shivaji was escorted out of court and placed under house arrest.
“Not long after his outburst, Shivaji fled from Agra along with his nine-year-old son, Sambhaji. Most likely Shivaji bribed their guards to let them out”
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Audrey Truschke, *Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth”, p. 61-62.
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