1. Shivaji resumed his raids after his father’s death and conquered Javali (1656) from the Maratha chief Chandrarao More.
2. He also reduced all the lesser Maratha chiefs around Pune to subordination.
3. The soldiers of Bijapur from the hill fortresses acquired by Sultan of Bijapur were driven out and replaced with his own commanders.
4. These moves and the defeat of Bijapur army sent to punish Shivaji alarmed the Mughal officials.
5. When the Mughals made a punitive expedition, Shivaj boldly confronted them.
6. In 1659 he killed Afzal Khan, a notable general of Bijapur.
7. In 1663 he wounded and chased away the Mughal general and Aurangzeb’s uncle Shaista Khan.
8. To cap these bold acts, he audaciously directed his soldiers to plunder Surat (1664), the major Mughal port on the Arabian Sea.
