The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.10

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Hīmū was so elated by his victories and by the capture of Delhi as to believe that he had already reached the goal of his ambition. He made no pretence of restoring his master, but assumed the title of Rājā Vikramāditya and is said to have struck coin bearing his titles, though no specimen is known to exist. His Afghān officers were temporarily reconciled, by a liberal distribution of plunder, to the ascendancy of an infidel, and Hīmū sent forward his advance guard, with the greater part of his artillery, to meet that of Akbar, which, under the command of ‘Alī Qulī Khān Shaibānī, had marched on Pānīpat. ‘Alī Qulī Khān inflicted a severe defeat on Hīmū’s advance guard, and captured his artillery.