Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c54.s8.5

v4.c54.s8.5

With the strong Sindhian force at Nārāyangāon blocking the road to Punā, Jaswant Holkar decided to launch a two-pronged attack on the Peshwā's capital; he himself with Shahāmat Khan would move from Alé-Belhā and Junnar and engage this enemy column in the north, while in the south Fath Singh Māné would advance at the same time from Pandhārpur north-westwards up the Nirā valley to Bārāmati and Jejuri and threaten Punā from its south-east, (beginning of October).