[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.c27.s2.5 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s2.5 Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s2.5 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c27.s2.5) Here Najib retired with his army at the end of June, and here the Marathas followed him up in a few days. Dattāji encamped two miles west of Shukartal. Finding the enemy's position impregnable to assault, he prepared to besiege it, and built a large redoubt of his own a mile from the first line of Najib's trenches. Skirmishes began on the debatable land between the two camps, accompanied by a fruitless exchange of gunfire. - [Previous: v2.c27.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c27.s2.4) - [Next: v2.c27.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c27.s2.6) - [Up: v2.c27.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c27.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c27.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c27.s2.5) · Pramāṇa