History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c81.s2.2

v5.c81.s2.2

It was rather an advantage to the Rathors that at this stage they had no common leader, because a pitched battle of all the forces of the tribe with the better armed and better organised imperialists would have led to their decisive defeat and prevented them from raising their heads for a generation to come, whereas by adopting guerilla tactics they wore out the Mughals and minimised the disadvantage of their own inferior numbers and equipment. The numerous eponymous septs into which the Rathor clan was sub-divided, each supplied a ready-made battalion of soldiers, self-contained and organised from birth.