Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s7.4
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s7.4
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v4.c55.s7.4
Mahādji's policy was "to win the Sikhs over by goodwill and a policy of conciliation, and thus establish peace and order in North India by the active co-operation of the Sikhs." But in the anarchical condition of the Sikh bands, such a policy could not work, as "they understood only the argument of physical force."