 The Sultans of Bijapur , for their part — some sixty years after their defeat at Penukonda — regrouped and struck again in 1636 . They did so now with the blessing of the Mughal empire of Northern India , whose tributary states they had recently become . They had also the help of a Maratha chieftain of western India , Shahaji Bhonsle , who was on the lookout for rewards of jagir land in the conquered territories , and whose son , Shivaji Bhonsle was to found the Maratha Empire some 30 years later . In the western @-@ central poligar regions , the Bijapur @-@ Shahji forces achieved only mixed results : The Nayakas of Keladi were decisively defeated , but were able to buy back their lands from their Bijapur invaders . The Bijapur attack on Seringapatam was repulsed in its entirety by the reigning Wodeyar of Mysore , with great losses to the invaders . ( See Map 4 . ) 
