History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c27.4

v2.c27.4

Only 2,000 troopers accompanied Dara when he left Mairta. Many times that number had run away from the battle, but they took other routes and never joined him,—some scattered to the right and left of his line of flight, and one party of the fugitives with his elephants moved in a different direction altogether, viz., north-east towards Sambhar.