The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.93

v4.c15.93

Āsaf Khān advanced with 10,000 horse and a large force of foot to Damoh, where he halted and was joined by petty chiefs who brought his strength in horse up to 50,000. Durgāvatī and her son, with an army greatly inferior in numbers, advanced to meet him and chose a defensive position at Narhī to the east of Garha. Here, with her 5000 men, she stoutly withstood the invaders for two days, but on the second her son was wounded and she sent him from the field. The withdrawal of his escort so weakened her small army that it was almost immediately overpowered. She was wounded with two arrows and stabbed herself to avoid capture.