Sambhaji's forces also pillaged Salcette and Bardes in South Konkan for 26 days, burnt down villages, captured men & women as slaves.

[7] Sambhaji had intended to capture the city of Old Goa, the violence ceased and his forces retreated from most Portuguese lands in the Konkan on 2nd January, 1684, to avoid the large Moghal army led by Bahadur Shah I (Muazzam).

The Desais of Sawantwadi rebelled and sided with the Portuguese in the conflict, as they were forced to give up their political privileges due to Maratha supremacy.

The Portuguese territories of Damaon, Chaul, Vasai (Bassein) & several others bordered the Mahratta Confederacy; including the capital at Old Goa.

[citation needed] However, his expansionist successor Sambhaji, wanted to check the Portuguese by constructing forts at strategic locations, such as the island of Anjediva, off the coast of present-day North Canara; and Parsik Hill in modern-day New Bombay.

[9] Between April and May 1683, the Marathas invaded Portuguese Konkan in the north and plundered Portuguese-controlled towns and villages at Dahanu, Asheri, Trapor, & Vasai (Bassein).

[9] Sambhaji's Peshwa Nilopant Pingle devastated, plundered and occupied 40 miles of Portuguese territory including the villages of Chembur, Talode, Kolve, Mahim, Dantore & Sargaon.

[11] Because that year Portugal did not send soldiers to India, Maratha forces were able to invade the mainland Portuguese districts of Bardês in the north and Salcete to the south, raiding and burning everything in their path and sacking churches.

Hence the Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Távora led an attack on it in October 1683, attempting to prevent raids on Goa.

[8] The viceroy thought that Sambhaji would attack him to the rear to cut his line of communication with Goa, hence on 10 November, he called for a general retreat towards the Durbhat port.

[1] On the night of 24 November 1683, when the tide was low, Sambhaji's full force attacked the unsuspecting fort and village on Santo Estêvão island.

They captured Fort Santo Estevão by killing its garrison, looted the native Goan villagers, and burned down the parish church.

The following day a battalion of 200 men marched from Goa to Santo Estevão under the personal command of the Viceroy in order to recapture the island.

[14] After the arrival of the retreating army and the fall of Santo Estêvão, the Portuguese broke the bunds of rice fields on the outskirts of the city of Goa.

[15] The viceroy Dom Francisco de Távora wrote to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb informing him of the attack on Goa and urging him to move against the Marathas.

[8] News reached both Sambhaji and the viceroy, that a Mughal prince, Muazzam, had entered into Maratha territory with a 100,000 strong force.

When Sambhaji learned of Muazzam's arrival at Ramghat, fearing the large Moghul army, he retreated all his forces back to Raigad Fort on 2 January 1684.

On 12 January 1684, the viceroy called a meeting of the state council to shift the capital Goa to Mormugao fortress further west.