The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.147

v4.c15.147

The imperial troops entered the fortress immediately after dawn, and Akbar sullied his success by a ghastly massacre. The 8000 Rājputs who formed the garrison had received much assistance from the peasants, numbering 40,000, and a general massacre of both was ordered. Some, indeed, were spared and made prisoners, but the tale of the slain amounted to 30,000. Akbar’s wrath was specially kindled against the musketeers of Kālpī, 1000 in number, who had done much execution among his troops, and it would have gone ill with them had they not escaped by a clever stratagem. Placing their wives and families in their midst they marched boldly from the fortress in the light of day, passing themselves off as a body of imperial troops escorting prisoners.