The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.315
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.315
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In an army thus composed and thus commanded no military spirit was to be looked for, and the imperial troops, both officers and men, were characterised by a complete absence of the will to victory. “The Deccan is the bread of the soldier” ran the proverb, and probably nobody, except Aurangzīb, saw why the war should ever end. In such circumstances an army dissolved before the first foreign invader.