Storia do Mogor 356.2.7

356.2.7

[202] King Aurangzeb repents of having entangled himself in this war with the Mahrattahs, for it has not succeeded as he had hoped; thus he has been compelled to remain in these Dakhin lands as the only condition of keeping what he has conquered. At this moment he is encamped at a place near Aurangãbãd, called Ahmadnagar, of which I have spoken (I. 75). There is not one of the princes his sons who will undertake to carry on the campaign. Meanwhile the Mahrattahs move about with their armies and pillage the empire of Hindustan in all directions. Such is their power and audacity that they penetrated as far as the capital at Dihlī and plundered wherever they pass. While one army was on this expedition another army, also belonging to the Mahrattahs, was active in plundering the city of Gulkandah. Every day they display their power to a greater extent in every part of the Mogul empire.