The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c18.94

v4.c18.94

Meanwhile Dārā, who had seized Delhi in his first flight and had begun to collect a fresh army, soon realised that he could not hope to resist Aurangzīb there. He therefore pressed on to Lahore, leaving guards on the Sutlej and striving to increase his own forces and to corrupt the generals of his brother. There was reason to hope that the fatigue of Aurangzīb’s army would allow him time to organise a successful resistance.