At Panipat, the Maratha army suffered from a fatal lack of coordination and centralized command. While Sadashivrao Bhau was the nominal leader, he struggled to unify the different sardars, who often disagreed on strategy. The departure of traditional guerrilla tactics ...
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During Shivaji’s era, the focus was on “resistance” through a defensive network of hill forts. However, under the Peshwas, the strategy shifted toward “expansion.” This required moving away from the safety of the Sahyadri mountains into the open plains. The ...
Aurangzeb was the first Mughal ruler who extensively included Marathas and Afghans in the Mansabdari system on a large scale. While Akbar included Rajputs, Aurangzeb’s long Deccan campaigns necessitated granting Mansabs to numerous Deccan and Maratha nobles, leading to a ...
The statement that Sher Shah built a beautiful fort in Sasaram is false. He built a majestic tomb (mausoleum) for himself in Sasaram. He did construct a new city, Shergarh and the Purana Qila (Old Fort) in Delhi, but the ...
Amir Khusro’s Khazain-ul-Futuh is the most reliable contemporary account of Alauddin Khalji’s southern expeditions. Written by his court poet, it provides firsthand descriptions of Malik Kafur’s campaigns in Devagiri, Warangal, Dwarasamudra and Madurai, documenting tribute collection, military encounters and political ...