महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sāngā.
what course to adopt in this difficult emer-
gency, it was considered hopeless even to
attempt the defence of the country of Kabul,
and it was decided to make an inroad into
India to escape the tempest. Leaving Kabul
under the charge of Abdul Razzak, the late
king, Bābur marched down the Kabul river
for the Indus. The intervening passes were
in the possession of Afghan tribes, who are
robbers even in peace times. Bābur thus
speaks of their attitude: “When they under-
stood that I had abandoned Kabul and was
marching for Hindustan, their usual insolence
was increased tenfold.” Bābur showed fight
and the Afghans dispersed. He arrived at
Adinapur, now Jalalabad. From here he
sent four divisions to plunder the country
around and waited for news from Kabul.
He soon heard that Kandahar had fallen,
that it was given back to the Arghuns and
that Nasir Mirza was allowed to depart to
Ghazni. Hearing also that Shaibani had re-
turned to Turkistan to quell trouble at home,
Bābur returned to Kabul and assumed the title
of Padshah. Even here he got no rest.
His Moghul army, to which he owed the
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