Bijapur Sultanate's campaigns against Shivaji

Timeline

1. 1660near Pune · MaharashtraSultan Ali Adil Shah II of Bijapur sent his chief minister Afzal Khan with a large army to campaign against Shivaji. Shivaji, under the pretext of peace talks, set an ambush and assassinated him at Prabhdevgad near Pune, and the Bijapur army was routed. This battle established the Marathas' military prestige in the northern Deccan.
2. 1664Maratha fortresses · Western GhatsAfter the sack of Surat, the Mughals and Bijapur formed an allied force and besieged Shivaji's forts from north and south. Shivaji employed scorched-earth tactics and guerrilla harassment; the allies failed to take key fortresses and were forced to withdraw after their supply lines were persistently harassed.
3. 1665–1669Deccan · DeccanIn the later 1660s Bijapur, under Mughal pressure, continued limited offensives against the Marathas, but its national strength was declining and it could not deliver a decisive blow. Shivaji exploited the contradictions between Bijapur and the Mughals, maneuvering between them and expanding, accumulating strength for his declaration as 'Chhatrapati' in 1674.