Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c53.s3.25

v4.c53.s3.25

The incredibly rapid success of the British arms in driving Tipu Sultān into his capital and there annihilating him (4th May 1799), coming after their enslavement of the Nizām eight months earlier, fell like a thunder-clap on the Indians princes that still remained independent. Henceforth, the Peshwā and Sindhiā seemed to act like birds fascinated by the blazing eyes of a python and walking unresisting into its open jaws.*