History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c41.s6.3

v3.c41.s6.3

The rain poured down incessantly, turning the fields into lakes and the *nalas* into raging torrents. The Mughal army consisting mainly of cavalry and fighting with cumbrous heavy artillery, could not operate freely when cramped within its cantonments. At times even the tents were flooded, and horse and foot had to stand knee-deep in water. For lack of proper food, cavalry horses and draught cattle perished by the thousand. No supplies of any kind, not even news, could come from the outside world.