[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v1.c19.86 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.86 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c19.86 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.86) The enlisting of new soldiers had been going on apace. A bounty of one month's pay was advanced to all recruits. Muhammad Beg in Khandesh was ordered to select and engage as many Bundela infantry and Buxari artillerymen of reputation as he could get. Two officers were sent to bring 2,000 maunds of saltpetre from Balapur and to buy sulphur and arsenic at Surat and convey these materials to Burhanpur for manufacturing gunpowder. Lead for making shot in sufficient quantity was stored at Burhanpur and Handia. A quantity of gunpowder and fuses, evidently taken from the Deccan forts, accompanied the Vanguard led by Muhammad Sultan. A thousand soldiers were enlisted by Sultan Beg in the sarkar of Bijaygarh. Many Maratha chiefs also joined Aurangzib with their contingents. In this way his army was swollen to 30,000 picked troopers, besides Mir Jumla’s excellent train of cannon served by English and French gunners.\* - [Previous: v1.c19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.85) - [Next: v1.c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.87) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c19.86) · Pramāṇa