[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937) › v4.c3.8 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.8) 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. - [Previous: v4.c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.7) - [Next: v4.c3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.9) - [Up: v4.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.burn-1937.v4.c3.8) · Pramāṇa