Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c14.s5.11

v1.c14.s5.11

The rainy season was about to begin, and the wazir, suspending the campaign till it should be over, went away to Lucknow. The Marathas cantoned in the Bangash territory, plundering the entire country to their heart’s content. The value of the booty secured by them baffled the calculation of the historian Ghulām Husain,—“one single article being worth 16 lakhs of Rupees.” Another historian, Sayyid Ghulām Ali writes, “In the invasion of the Ruhela country Malhar gained two krores of Rupees in cash, besides what he had plundered (in kind) in the cities.” [Siyar. iii. 36, Imād. 57-59, Far. Gaz. 166-167, TAh. 27b-28a, Muz. 54-56, G-i-R. 40-41, Sujān Charitra, Jang iv.]