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

Maharana Sāngā.
His troops had been obliged to abandon
Kanauj. Gwalior was blockaded by the
Rajputs of the vicinity. Alam Khan,
who was sent to relieve it, instead of
excuting his orders, had marched off to
his own country. Many Hindu chiefs
had deserted the cause of the emperor.
Indeed the previous conquests and present
success of Rana Sāngā, had inspired
all his countrymen with hopes that a
change of dynasty was about to take
place."¹
On the 12th of March, Bābur drew
forward his guns and a kind of defensive
cover that moved on wheels, and which
served as a breast work, supporting them
by his matchlocks and all his army. He
himself galloped along the line animating
his troops and officers and giving them
instructions. He threw up other trenches
further in advance, near the spot which
he fixed upon as favourable for a general
action, and when they were finished, advanced
¹ Erskine's History of India, Vol. I, p. 469.
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