History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c75.s9.4

v5.c75.s9.4

Four miles beyond the fort of Parenda, Bidar Bakht came upon the Marathas. Rajaram himself stopped in safety 8 miles further east, while he sent back his generals under Dhana to check the prince's advance. After a bloody fight, the Marathas were broken and driven towards Ahmadnagar, (13th or 14th November). Two days later the prince was joined by Chin Qalich Khan at Barsi, (20 m. e. of Parenda), and resuming the pursuit reached Ausa about the 22nd or 23rd. We find him, a month later, back at the Emperor's side (26th December), and on the same date Rajaram was reported as having dismounted some 30 miles from the imperial camp below Satara fort and intending to go to Vishalgarh. The Maratha king's raid into Berar had been nipped in the bud.* But one division under Krishna Savant plundered some places near Dhamuni and returned. This was the first time that a Maratha force crossed the Narmada. [Dil. 129a.]