Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c29.s1.5

v2.c29.s1.5

"The whole country, from the Jhilam to the Satlaj, was partitioned among the Sikh chiefs and their followers, as the plains of Sarhind had been in the year previous." Ahmad Shah's atrocity on their holy city was now avenged in his own manner: "numerous mosques were demolished, and Afghans in chains were made to wash the foundations with the blood of hogs.* The chiefs then assembled at Amritsar, and proclaimed their own sway and the prevalence of their faith, by striking a coin with an inscription to the effect that Guru Govind had received, from Nanak, grace, power, and rapid victory—