History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c74.s14.19

v5.c74.s14.19

But Rajaram, who had mortgaged Palamkota to Vyankoji, sent two or three thousand horse, and seized the fort for himself, so that when (middle of June) Zulfiqar's army appeared before it he was refused admission and had to lay siege to it. After six days of trench warfare, Dalpat Rao by one charge seized the fortified village (*petta*) before the fort-gate, losing 150 of his Rajputs in killed and wounded. The garrison then capitulated, but