A History of the Mahrattas v1.c28.35

v1.c28.35

¹ [According to Owen (Fall of the Moghul Empire, pp. 254, 255), Ibrāhīm Khān Gardī’s corps comprised ‘2,000 horse and 9,000 sepoys with firelocks, disciplined after the European manner, together with 40 pieces of cannon. Except some five or six thousand inferior infantry, equipped in native fashion, the rest of the army consisted of cavalry, 58,000 in number, under various leaders, who each supplied his own contingent. Thus Holkar contributed 5,000; Sindia 10,000; Amājī Gaikwār, 8,000; Jaswant Rāo Powār, 2,000; &c. The whole train of artillery included 200 cannon, the bulk of these being heavy “guns of position.” The Bhāu had also in his service two Pindārī