Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c12.s1.18

v1.c12.s1.18

It was a great victory. Ishwari Singh arrived on the scene after the fight and took up the pursuit. Mewār now felt the heavy hand of the victor; its rich trade-centre at Bhilwārā was captured and the merchants held to ransom. The Mahārānā then begged for peace, which was granted and Ishwari Singh returned in triumph to his own capital (April 1747.) A continuation of the war was impossible; grain was selling at famine prices and even a bundle of grass cost a Rupee; the Mahārānā's war expenses had run up to Rs. 12,000 a day and his sterile dominion could not bear the burden longer. [Vam. Bh., 3472.]