History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c74.s13.10

v5.c74.s13.10

But the food brought by Zulfiqar at such a heavy cost was all too little for that huge multitude of soldiers and camp-followers. The condition of the starving imperialists became so bad that many common men daily walked over to the Maratha camp at the foot of Jinji, where provisions were plentiful, bought, cooked and ate the grain there and returned to their own quarters, without being allowed to carry away either raw or cooked food to their army.* "Every day from dawn to sunset the Marathas assembled round our camp and made demonstrations.