The captured Sambhaji and Kavi Kalash were taken to Bahadurgad, where Aurangzeb humiliated them by parading them wearing clown's clothes and they were subjected to insults by Mughal soldiers. Accounts vary as to the reasons for what came next: Mughal accounts state that Sambhaji was asked to surrender his forts, treasures, and names of Mughal collaborators with the Marathas and that he sealed his fate by insulting both the emperor and the Islamic prophet Muhammad during interrogation and was executed for having killed Muslims. The ulema of the Mughal Empire sentenced Sambhaji to death for the atrocities his troops perpetrated against Muslims in Burhanpur, including plunder, killing, rape, and torture.

Maratha accounts instead state that he was ordered to bow before Aurangzeb and convert to Islam and it was his refusal to do so, by saying that he would accept Islam on the day the emperor presented him his daughter's hand, that led to his death. By doing so he earned the title of Dharmaveer ("protector of dharma"). Aurangzeb ordered Sambhaji and Kavi Kalash to be tortured to death; the process took over a fortnight and included plucking out their eyes and tongue, pulling out their nails and removing their skin. Sambhaji was finally killed on March 11, 1689, reportedly by tearing him apart from the front and back with wagh nakhe(metal "tiger claws") and beheading with an axe at Tulapur on the banks of the Bhima river near Pune.

The paragraph mentions that the Battle of Gajendragad was fought between the Marathas under the command of Tukojirao Holkar and Tipu Sultan.

Aurangzeb had about 500,000 troops when he headed south in 1681.

Balaji Vishwanath and his descendants played a key role in the expansion of Maratha rule as Peshwas or prime ministers of the empire.

Shahu died in 1749. His adopted son Rajaram II of Satara claimed to be Tarabai's grandson and succeeded him. But the actual power was held by others: first by Tarabai and then by Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao.

The Marathas lost the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, which resulted in the decline of their empire. They lost their occupations beyond Delhi and their authority over North India was severely weakened.

The First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) was the first of three Anglo-Maratha wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai.

The Maratha Army lost the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, which marked the end of their dominance over North India

Maratha rule officially began in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji of the Bhonsle Dynasty as the Chhatrapati.

Shivaji established Hindavi Swarajya to achieve self-rule for the Hindu people.