. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. ticable only tomountaineers. One by one, with the aid of a ropeladder, they gained the interior of the fort to thenumber of three hundred, when they were discoveredby the garrison. A desperate struggle ensued. TheMawalis, although greatly outnumbered, held theirown until Tanaji fell mortally wounded. Disheart^ened by the loss of their leader, the attacking partywavered and was upon the point of breaking intoflight when reinforcements arrived under Suryaji, thebrother of the fallen chief, who had contrived toeffect an entrance through a gateway.
. India, past and present / C. H. Forbes-Lindsay. ticable only tomountaineers. One by one, with the aid of a ropeladder, they gained the interior of the fort to thenumber of three hundred, when they were discoveredby the garrison. A desperate struggle ensued. TheMawalis, although greatly outnumbered, held theirown until Tanaji fell mortally wounded. Disheart^ened by the loss of their leader, the attacking partywavered and was upon the point of breaking intoflight when reinforcements arrived under Suryaji, thebrother of the fallen chief, who had contrived toeffect an entrance through a gateway. Thus encour-aged, the Mawalis, shouting their battle-cry, Har!Har! Maho Deo ! renewed the onslaught with suchfury that those of the Rajputs who were not killedmade a desperate attempt to escape over the precipice,where many of them were dashed to death on therocks. In this terrific conflict between about onethousand men on either side the attackers lost upAvardsof three hmidred and the defenders not less than five Colonnade of Palace—Tadpatri. PERTABGUEH. 161 huudred, while the commanders of both parties wereslain. Raigurh is now little more than a memory, buttime was and oft in the history of Marashtra whenall mens eyes turned toward the rock-bound its battlements one may see the stone slab uponwhich the great Sivaji was cremated. The flames ofhis funereal pyre must have been seen for milesaromid, from the valley below and the hills may see the base of the Durbar Hall—the build-ing: has been destroyed to furnish material for theBrahman town of Miihr at the foot of the annually the Maratha chief distributed thespoils of sack and foray to his followers. HereSoyera Bye, the last survivor of Sivajis wives,called down the curse of Bhowani upon herpoltroon step-son, and from here she was led awayto execution. Looking over toward the east one sees fort-crowned rock, bare and forbidding, standsout abruptly against the sky. On the
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