The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c19.93

v4.c19.93

The emperor, deeming the power of Mewār crushed, returned from that kingdom to Ajmer in March, while one strong army (probably 12,000 men) under prince Akbar held the Chitor district and another occupied Mārwār. But the imperial outposts were too far scattered to be defended easily, and nearly the whole of Rājputāna was seething with hostility. The Mughul positions in Mewār and Mārwār were isolated from each other by the intervening Arāvalli range, whose crest Rāj Singh held in force and from which he could make sudden descents and surprise Mughul divisions on the east or the west as he pleased, while the Mughuls in transferring troops from Chitor to Mārwār had to make a long and toilsome détour.