History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c30.13

v2.c30.13

The rest of the story is soon told. Shuja offered an obstinate resistance along the banks of the Kalindi and the Mahananda. But he was hopelessly outnumbered from the first. The Imperialists were delayed only by their lack of boats, and by the dense jungles and countless nullahs that barred their path; their only losses were from drowning. The enemy were too few to face them in the open plain, and no more pitched battles took place. The details of the marching and counter-marching through this labyrinth of nullahs are neither interesting nor instructive to the student of the art of war. It will suffice to trace the outline only.