Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s6.1
Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c27.s6.1
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v2.c27.s6.1
No. That Malhar did not join Dattaji before this fatal battle was due solely to Dattaji's pride and miscalculation of enemy forces. When Datta first heard of Abdali's invasion of the Panjab, he was at Shukartal and Malhar near Sawai Madhopur. This great distance between them and the fact of Malhar being then involved in the siege of Barwara and therefore unable to disentangle himself from his Rajput enemies and to march to Datta's assistance at a day's notice, should be carefully borne in mind.