[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) › v2.c26.19 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c26.19 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c26.19 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c26.19) Conscious of the smallness of his own force and the overwhelming strength of the enemy, Dara wisely changed his plan. Instead of fighting a pitched battle in an open plain, he decided to hold the pass of Deorai, four miles south of Ajmir,\[†\] in the narrow breadth of which a small host can keep a superior force of assailants back. His two flanks were protected by the hills of Bithli and Gokla; while behind him lay the rich city of Ajmir, where his officers had deposited their property and families and whence he could easily draw his supplies. He ran a low wall south of - [Previous: v2.c26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c26.18) - [Next: v2.c26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c26.20) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c26.19) · Pramāṇa