Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c48.s7.8

v4.c48.s7.8

Where was Malhar Holkar II at this time? As his father’s cavalry left the lost field and issued out of the pass, they found Malhar lying in the water of a tank by the roadside quite senseless. The pot-valiant hero was cooling his wine-flushed head after ruining his family prestige and the lives of hundreds of brave men. As the *Holkar Kaifiyat* comments on it: “He in reliance on whom they had made the reversal of the treaty, was in such a condition!”