Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s17.7

v2.c27.s17.7

"The Marathas felled all the timber and fruit trees of the gardens round Pānipat. Our seven gardens, each two to three hundred bighas in area, full of fruit trees and flower plants, were thus destroyed. They employed the timber in supporting the walls of the ditch and the raised gun platforms. For want of fuel, they consumed the planks beams and doors of the houses, ruining the roofs and walls. Marble slabs from the tombs of holy men were burnt in kilns and turned into lime for their pān. Our city houses were demolished by cannon balls and we were forced to exile ourselves from home. Heaps of stone and brick