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

Maharana Sāngā.
tide of success but was himself unhorsed,
though finally brought off by a desperate
charge of his followers. Bābur's troops were
then pursued for about two miles." ¹
To detach Hasan Khan Mewati from the
Maharana, Bābur had sent a predatory force
into Mewat with orders "to plunder the
country, to carry off the inhabitants into
captivity, and to leave nothing undone to
ruin the province. The ravages were
extended into many of the neighbouring
districts, but the results of this diversion
did not answer his expectations."
"The repeated successes of the Rajputs,
the unexpected valour and good conduct they
displayed, and their numbers, for they are
said to have amounted to an hundred and
twenty thousand horse, had begun to spread
a visible discouragement among the troops."²
Bābur again opened negotiations for peace,
and employed the time thus gained to
strengthen his position and give his men
time to recover their confidence. In order
¹ Erskine's History of India, Vol. I, p. 465.
² Erskine's History of India, Vol. I, p. 465-6.
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