History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c48.s2.14

v3.c48.s2.14

These people came into conflict with the forces of Government from a purely temporal cause. "One day a Satnami cultivator near Narnol had a hot dispute with a foot-soldier (piada) who was watching a field, and the soldier broke the peasant's head with his thick stick. A party of Satnamis beat the assailant till he seemed dead. The shiqdar (petty revenue collector), hearing of it, sent a body of piadas to arrest the men; but the Satnamis assembled in force, beat the piadas, wounded some of them, and snatched away their arms. Their number and tumult increased every hour."