History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c25.s1.1

v2.c25.s1.1

No time was now lost on the Imperial side. Next day, 3rd January, Aurangzib formed his plan of battle and assigned to each division its proper position. Early at dawn on the fourth, the order of battle was issued : the artillery was to be planted opposite the enemy's guns, and the army was to advance there. All was stir and bustle in the camp. The marshals and orderlies galloped about to arrange the ranks ; trumpets sounded ; the kettledrums struck up ; the standards were borne aloft. Before each division moved the elephants and guns ; behind them tramped the serried ranks of steel-clad cavalry. " A dense cloud of dust " raised by 90,000 horses' hoofs " hid the earth and sky."*