Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c55.s9.8

v4.c55.s9.8

At the beginning of the next year (1798), Lakhwā Dādā ordered Vāman Rao to invade the Jaipur kingdom for collecting the tribute due. Thomas was offered a subsidy of half a lakh of rupees a month, and joined Vāman Rāo with three battalions of infantry (each 400 strong), 300 Ruhelā musketeers, 200 peasant militia of Hariānā, 90 horsemen, and fourteen pieces of artillery. The confederates set out from Karnāl and entered the Shekhāwati district in the north side of the Kachhwā kingdom, levying contributions from the villages on the way. Bāgh Singh of Khāndelā and other disloyal barons of that district welcomed and subsidised the invaders out of spite for their liege lord the Rajah of Jaipur.