Between 1700 and 1710, just when Papadu was most active in Telangana, a powerful anti-Mughal resistance movement convulsed the Marathi-speaking western Deccan. The movement was led by Tarabai, one of the most remarkable women in Indian history. Born in 1675, just several months after Shivaji Bhosle had launched the new Maratha state, Tarabai was married to Shivaji's second son, Rajaram. Let us for a moment leave Tarabai in Panhala's prison, step back, and consider some of the broader trends taking place in Maharashtrian society during her lifetime, especially between 1714 and 1748 when she was in confinement. Tarabai's career divides into three distinct periods. In the first, comprising the twenty years between her flight to Jinji and her imprisonment in Panhala. The second period of Tarabai's career encompassed thirty-four years when, being either imprisoned or confined, she simply disappeared from public view. In the third period, she emerged for thirteen more years in the public spotlight as a powerful dowager.