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

Maharana Sāngā.
Jamadi ul Avval H. 933). This advanced
guard was "entirely destroyed, the fugitives
carrying to the main body the accounts
of the disaster, which paralysed their
energies, and made them entrench for security
instead of advancing with the confidence of
victory. Reinforcements met the same
fate and were pursued to the camp." ¹
Mr. Erskine says: "They had had some
sharp encounters with the Rajputs, in which
they had been severely handled and taught
to respect their new enemy. A party from
the garrison had some days before in-
cautiously advanced too far from the fort,
when the Rajputs fell upon them and drove
them in. All the troops engaged in this affair
united in bestowing unbounded praise on
the gallantry and prowess of the enemy
(Rajputs). Indeed the Jaghtai Turks found
that they had now to contend with a foe
more formidable than either the Afghans or
any of the natives of India to whom they
had yet been opposed. The Rajputs,
energetic, chivalrous, fond of battle and
¹ Tod's Rajasthan, Vol. I., p. 303.
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