Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c8.s3.15

v1.c8.s3.15

Another contemporary, Vāneshwar Vidyālaṅkār, the Court Pandit of the Mahārājah of Bardwān, wrote in November, 1744: “Shāhu Rājah’s troops are niggard of pity, slayers of pregnant women and infants, of Brāhmans and the poor, fierce of spirit, expert in robbing the property of every one and in committing every sinful act. They created a local cataclysm and caused the extirpation of the people of the Bengal villages like an (ominous) comet. . . . In one day they can cross a hundred *yojans*. They slay the unarmed, the poor, women and children. They rob all property and abduct chaste wives. If it comes to a battle, they secretly flee away to some other country. Their main strength lies in their marvellously swift horses. Such was the tumultuous ocean of *Bargi* troops.”