History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c62.s13.1

v4.c62.s13.1

Dilir Khan was utterly disgraced and his credit with the Emperor entirely gone. At last on 22nd or 23rd February he set out on his return journey, moving northwards along the east side of Bijapur, burning the villages on the route, seizing the population for ransom, and dismantling the outposts and redoubts he had built during his outward march. Crossing the Bhima near Dhulkhed, he re-entered the imperial territory, a general humbled, ruined and shorn of power and influence. (B.S. 512.)