[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Fall of the Mughal Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932) › v2.c26.s2.16 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c26.s2.16 Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c26.s2.16 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c26.s2.16) The crime did not benefit Bijay Singh at all. The confusion quickly subsided; Jayapa’s son Jankoji was proclaimed as the new chief in the masterless camp. The timid proposal to fall back on Ajmir was at once rejected as a cowardly surrender of Maratha rights and a blow to Maratha prestige throughout Hindustan. The siege trenches at Nagor were manned as firmly and the Maratha armies throughout the entire theatre of war presented as bold a front as before. This prompt and vigorous control of the situation was the work of Jayāpā’s brother Dattāji, the guardian of the lad Janko, and a first-rate soldier in courage and enterprise, though lacking in sagacity and diplomatic tact. - [Previous: v2.c26.s2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c26.s2.15) - [Next: v2.c26.s2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c26.s2.17) - [Up: v2.c26.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c26.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c26.s2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c26.s2.16) · Pramāṇa