History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v5.c81.s4.7

v5.c81.s4.7

We now turn to the history of the second stage of the contest. Durgadas's return from Maharashtra (1687) greatly stimulated Rathor activity, and happily just then they gained a valuable ally. Durjan Sal Hada, the leading vassal of Bundi, on being insulted by his chieftain Anurudh Singh (a loyal feudatory and general of Aurangzib) armed his kinsmen and retainers and seized the fort of Bundi by a sudden attack "falling on it like thunder and wind," as the Persian historian graphically describes it.* He then came over to Marwar, married a sister of Mukund Singh Champawat (a Rathor leader) and strengthened the Rathor national army with his thousand horsemen of the Hada clan.