History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c49.s2.3

v3.c49.s2.3

If such a province could be annexed to the imperial dominions or placed under a servile and dependent Rajah, Mughal traders and Mughal armies would be able to pass easily from the capital to Western India and the Arabian Sea, the proud lord of Udaipur would be taken in flank, and a long wedge of Muslim territory would be driven right across Rajputana, cleaving it into two isolated halves which could be crushed in detail.