[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v2.c28.145 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.145 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v2.c28.145 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.145) Both the accounts bear evidence to the military power of the Candella ruler, on whom had now fallen the task of resisting the encroachments of Islam in the Ganges-Jumna valley. According to Niẓām ud-Dīn there was no fight between the two armies. \*Nandā\*, as he lay encamped is said to have become alarmed, and fled at night 'with a few special companions, leaving the army, and all the munitions of war behind.' I am rather disposed to place more credence on the earlier account of the \*Kāmil\*, and believe that there was a fierce though indecisive battle between the armies before the Candella beat a strategic retreat under cover of the night.² This version to me seems to be more consistent with the Muslim account of Bīdā's power and prestige. According to Ibn ul-Athīr, when Maḥmūd found 'the land deserted,' each party of the Hindu army 'having gone a different way,' he plundered the Candella camp and went in pursuit of the Hindu army. He is said to have overtaken them 'in forests and thickets,' and slain and captured a large number; but 'Bīdā escaped single-handed and Yamīn ud-Daulah returned victorious to Ghazna.' An instance of the exaggerations of later historians is afforded by Niẓām ud-Dīn's account of the spoils that fell into the hands of Maḥmūd after this victory. According to the \*Kāmil\* Maḥmūd found 'treasures and weapons,' in the Hindu camp. According to the \*Ṭabaqāt-i-Akbarī\* 'immense quantities of booty,' including 580 elephants, 'fell into the hands of the army of Islām.' - [Previous: v2.c28.144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.144) - [Next: v2.c28.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.146) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v2.c28.145) · Pramāṇa