Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s7.14

v4.c54.s7.14

Meantime, the spoliation of the Nāsik district took a long time and it was only at the end of September that Jaswant could march into the Junnar subdivision of the Punā district, immediately south of Nasik. Here a strong Sindhian division of 10,000 horse and one full brigade of trained infantry with 40 guns under Sadashiv Bhāskar had arrived and halted by the Peshwā's directions at Nārāyangāon, nine miles south-east of Junnar city, and only 44 miles north of Punā. Here the first open clash between the rival forces took place. Skirmishes with the Holkar horsemen roving in that district began on 3rd October.