Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.s1.62

v2.c28.s1.62

“ Asad sent the news to the king. This terror being removed, the king withdrew his panja from his treaty, and in joy departed for the Deccan. The death of Soning shed gloom and grief over the land. Then Mukund Singh Mertia, son of Kalyan, abandoned his mansab and joined his country’s cause. A desperate encounter soon followed with the troops of Asad Khan near Merta, in which Ajit, the son of Bitaldas, who led the fight, was slain, with many of each clan, which gave joy to the Asurs, but grief to the faithful Rajput ; on the second day of the bright half of the moon of Kartik, S. 1738.