Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c8.s2.26

v1.c8.s2.26

It was now the beginning of May (1742), in which month the heavy rains begin in Bengal and quickly render the roads unfit for passage and the rivers too deep to be forded. Bhāskar, therefore, wanted to retire in haste to Nāgpur through the uplands of Birbhum. But Mir Habib pointed out that the rich and defenceless capital of Bengal would prove an easy prey if the Marāthas made a lightning raid on it during the Nawāb's absence. He took this task on himself, as he know all about the city and his wives and children were living there in charge of his brother.