Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c29.s1.34

v2.c29.s1.34

The victory was decisive; it at once destroyed all chance of forming an anti-Maratha coalition, and restored Maratha prestige, which had been eclipsed as the result of Panipat, throughout Hindustan. Madho Singh, who had gone to Ranthambhor after sending his army to the fight, now fled to Jaipur. His favourite Shāmram Trivedi, who had evaded the campaign by frankly confessing, "My business is not war; the diwan is going," now set himself earnestly to the defence of the capital. The garrison of Amber fort was strengthened; Guru Shah (bakhshi) himself took post below that ancient capital to hold the way leading up to it.