History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c80.s2.1

v5.c80.s2.1

As he began his retreat northwards from the environs of Wagingera, the exultant Marathas in a vast horde of 50 to 60 thousand men followed his army a few miles in the rear, cutting off grain supplies and stragglers and even threatening to break into his camp. A force sent under Hamid-ud-din Khan to repel them was defeated, many of the Mughals being killed or carried off prisoners and giving their horses up to capture. On another side a second Maratha band looted a part of the baggage of the imperialists; but when they beheld the Emperor's palki they did not venture near it, "out of respect for him" as Bhimsen imagines. [Dil. ii. 155a.]