History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c30.14

v2.c30.14

Shuja had built a wall and a double line of entrenchments along the Kalindi (a branch of the Mahananda) barring Mir Jumla's direct route to Tanda. But the latter made a feint in front, turned the enemy's flank by a swift march northwards, and safely crossed both the easternmost branch of the Ganges and the Mahananda. He now despatched a column towards Maldah on the eastern bank of the Mahananda, (8th February.)¹