 His successor Janoji took part in the wars between the Peshwa and the Nizam of Hyderabad.After he had in turn betrayed both of them, they united against him and sacked and burnt Nagpur in 1765.On Janoji's death on 21May 1772, his brothers fought for the succession, until Mudhoji shot the other on the battlefield of Panchgaon, six miles (10 km) south of Nagpur, and succeeded to the regency on behalf of his infant son Raghoji II Bhonsale who was Janoji's adopted heir.