History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c27.19

v2.c27.19

From Sidhpur to Ahmadabad, owing to “the utter scarcity of water both by the road-side and at the halting places,” the army had to advance in three divisions, at intervals of one day’s march from one another. Some delay thus occurred. Ahmadabad was reached about 11th April. Halting there for probably one day only, Jai Singh distributed 2½ lakhs of rupees from the treasury to his troops to enable them to provide themselves with enough water and fodder for the journey, and on the 12th set out again. Turning his face to the west, he arrived (22nd) in the Pathri district, west of Viramgaon, and there, getting further news of Dara’s movements, advanced towards Halwad, *en route* to Cutch. On 3rd May he reached a place 6 miles from Halwad and there learnt that Dara had crossed the Rann and entered Sindh again.[*]