Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s1.10

v4.c54.s1.10

In Khāndesh Jaswant’s first supporters were the Bhil chieftains, Jhunjhar Nāyak of Kherlā and Govardhan Nāyak of Mekhlā, and their Rajput overlord Bhāu Singh of Akrāni. They brought to his standards 600 mercenary Arabs and Sindhis as well as some thousands of Bhill bowmen. Thus strengthened, he plundered Kāshi Rao Holkar’s villages in that region, so successfully that within three months of his breaking prison at Nagpur, his activities came to be noticed by the British Resident at Fathgarh.*