History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c21.25

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but the *Ind. Atlas*, sheet 36 N. E., and the villagers call it *Dharmat*). We read in *A. N.*, "One *kos* from Dharmat-pur Jaswant barred the Prince's road....Jaswant encamped opposite Dharmatpur, one *kos* from Aurangzib's army. ...Aurangzib's tent was pitched on the bank of the *nullah* of Churnarayanah." The right bank of the river, facing Dharmat, slopes gently, and could not have presented any difficulty to the attacking cavalry and guns. There is no swamp opposite Dharmat, but some damp soil and *nullahs* near Ratan Singh's Memorial. I conclude from the Persian accounts that the battle was fought in a plain and not in the bed of a river.