The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c3.8
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c3.8
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The story is ended in this volume by the temporary union of the disintegrating Muslim powers with the Afghān invader Ahmad Shāh Abdālī, who delivers a shattering blow to Marāthā pretentions at Pānīpat, while the Rājputs, who have also suffered, hold aloof, and Shāh ‘Ālam II succeeds to a shrunken territory, hemmed in by Hindu states on three sides and the new Rohilla and Oudh rulers on the other.