The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c20.37

v4.c20.37

One great danger was thus averted, but the difficulties of the Mughuls only thickened. Santā and Dhana by daily attacks wore down the outnumbered imperialists and reduced them to famine. Asad Khān then bribed Rājā Rām to let him retreat to Wandiwāsh unmolested, but his soldiers had lost all spirit through famine and the death of transport animals; the retreat became a rout in which the Mughul army was plundered of its property and stores (2 February, 1693). Supplies and reinforcements under Qāsim Khān soon arrived at Wandiwāsh, where the Mughuls halted for some months.