Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s12.1

v4.c54.s12.1

It was a decisive victory for Holkar; in one day Sindhia’s paramount power and prestige were destroyed beyond repair. The Maratha capital and its master lay prostrate before the victor. The news of the defeat came to Sindhia in Ujjain as a stunning blow; his courtiers cried out, “Our forces in the Deccan, both trained infantry and indigenous cavalry, have been totally ruined. The entire Peshwāi has come to an end”. “In Punā the naked eye could see that destruction had fallen on Sindhia’s army, and no part of it has been spared”.