Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s14.25

v2.c27.s14.25

Hence, the odds against the Marathas at Panipat were approximately 60,000 against 40,000 actually present in the field; but behind the Afghan fighting line there were about 80,000 second class troops as against 15,000 Pindharis. Above all, a famished army on lean half dead country mares met the finest cavalry in Asia, mounted on thorough-breds purchased straight from their breeding grounds in Khurasan and Trans-Oxiana, and the most efficient mobile artillery known in that age.