The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.538

v3.c20.538

The fighting line of the invading army entrenched itself with a ditch and screens of thatch, before which buffaloes were hobbled and bound together to break the onslaught of the elephants, and the infantry carried calthrops. The Indian attack on the advanced guard and right wing was vigorously met and failed utterly when it was taken in rear by a detached force which circled round its left flank; while the attack of Tīmūr’s left on the Indian right, after repulsing a few ineffectual counter-attacks, was entirely successful, and the Indian army broke and fled. The dreaded elephants were driven off, according to Tīmūr’s memoirs, like cows. Mallū and Mahmūd reached the city and that night fled from it, the former to Baran and the latter to Gujarāt, where he sought the hospitality of Muzaffar Shāh. They were pursued, and two of Mallū’s sons, Saif Khān and Khudādād, were captured, besides many other prisoners and much spoil.