Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . BABUR and TFTE battle of KHANUA 353 the chances were many that he and they terminated their careeron the yellow rivxilet of Bayana. Neither bravery nor skillsaved him from this fate, which he appears to have better proof can be desired than Baburs own testimony tothe fact, that a horde of invaders from the Jaxartes, withoutsupport or retreat, were obliged to entrench themselves to theteeth in the face of their Rajput foe, alike brave and overpower-ing in numbers ? To ancient jealousies he was
Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan, or The central and western Rajput states of India . BABUR and TFTE battle of KHANUA 353 the chances were many that he and they terminated their careeron the yellow rivxilet of Bayana. Neither bravery nor skillsaved him from this fate, which he appears to have better proof can be desired than Baburs own testimony tothe fact, that a horde of invaders from the Jaxartes, withoutsupport or retreat, were obliged to entrench themselves to theteeth in the face of their Rajput foe, alike brave and overpower-ing in numbers ? To ancient jealousies he was indebted fornot losing his life instead of gaining a crown, and for beingextricated from a condition so desperate that even the frenzyof religion, which made death martyrdom in this holywar, scarcely availed to expel the despair which so infectedhis followers, that in the bitterness of his heart he says therewas not a single person who uttered a manly word, nor anindividual who delivered a courageous opinion. The Battl8 of Khanua, March 16, 1527.—Babur advanced fromAgra and Sikri
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