The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.83
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.83
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The harvest season was, for obvious reasons, usually selected for these *mulukgīrī*⁴ operations; villages which resisted were plundered and fired, and the crops destroyed. Only when the monsoon made the movements of troops impossible did the wretched inhabitants obtain a temporary respite. Then