Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s10.2

v4.c54.s10.2

On 21st October the forces of the Peshwā began to take post in the plain east of the Marātha capital, and here the strong Sindhian column under Sadāshiv Bhāskar Bakhshi arrived on the 22nd and occupied their former cantonments of Mahādji Sindhia's days at Wanowri. Hearing of the gathering of his enemies, Jaswant Rao Holkar from Jejuri wrote to the Peshwā on the 22nd, begging him to send four front-rank envoys for settling his feud with Sindhia on the basis of absolute equality between the rival houses. Then he drew in his detachments and marched in full force from the neighbourhood of Jejuri, crossed the Bor-ghāt and by way of Loni and Kāvdi arrived near Theur the next day.