History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c62.s12.10

v4.c62.s12.10

Foiled of his purpose and dreading to face his master without being able to show better results for his huge expenditure of men and money, Dilir Khan gave vent to his worst passions, and roamed about like a mad dog, slaying and looting with fiendish cruelty, needlessly inflicting unspeakable misery on the innocent peasants, and turning into a barren wilderness the region from Bijapur city southwards to the Krishna and eastwards to the fork between the Krishna and the Bhima.