History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c44.s7.5

v3.c44.s7.5

The danger to the empire was very great. Not only was the rising a national one, affecting the whole Pathan land "from Qandahar to Attock," but its leaders were also men who had served in the Mughal army in Hindustan* and the Deccan, and knew the organization efficiency and tactics of the imperialists. The two sides had the same arms, and except that the Afghans lacked heavy artillery, the superiority lay with them, as they were hardy hillmen fighting in their own rugged country, while the Indian troops have always had a horror of mountain war and aversion to facing privation and cold.