History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c25.16

v2.c25.16

Just then alarming news reached him from the Court. His father wrote urging him to patch up a truce with Shuja and hasten back to Agra to meet a new danger coming up from the south. Aurangzib and Murad had advanced from the Deccan, joined their forces on the way, crushed Dara's army which barred their path at Dharmat (15th April), and were now in full march on the capital.