Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s1.33

c7.s1.33

⁴ For the Ksatriha woman, the story of the love and adventures of Padumavat in Jaisi's famous book. Compare two instances of the courage and valour of Afghan women. On one occasion they successfully defenced the fort of Delhi in male costumes and faced constant showers of arrows from the enemy. They stubbornly resisted until their husbands and male relations came to the rescue. (Vide T.D., 9b for details). When the Niyazis were reduced to extremities in the Kashmir hills, their women folk girded themselves with bows and arrows, swords and lances and fought their enemies, the hill-men of Kashmir, until at last they were buried under the hail of stones that were showered on them from above. (Vide Mt., I, 388).