History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c79.s4.1

v5.c79.s4.1

But a new enemy now appeared to dash down their hopes and nullify their efforts. On 8th March [acc. to *M. A.*, but 26th acc. to *Akh.*] a Maratha force of five to six thousand horse under Dhana Jadav and Hindu Rao (brother of Santa Ghorparé) arrived near the fort to support their Berad allies, because the families of many Maratha generals had taken refuge there while Aurangzib had been capturing their own strongholds in Maharashtra. The only force that Aurangzib could spare from the siege-trenches to go out and fight the new comers numbered 8,181 men. [Akhbarat 27th March.]