[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) › v4.c44.s2.46 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.46 Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c44.s2.46 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c44.s2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c44.s2.46) This probing attack having failed, Gopāl Bhāu spent the next four weeks in trying to starve the enemy out. But a stinging letter of reproof from Sindhia roused him out of his Fabian strategy and he gave battle on 20th June. The interval was used in inducing Abdul Matlab's corps, for a bribe of 1½ lakhs of rupees, to agree to desert to the Maratha side in the next battle. - [Previous: v4.c44.s2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c44.s2.45) - [Next: v4.c44.s2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c44.s2.47) - [Up: v4.c44.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c44.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c44.s2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v4.c44.s2.46) · Pramāṇa