Battle of Thanesar (1567)
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Sanyasis
Mehtar Khan
Ghazi Khan Badakshani
2 cannons
400 matchlocks
75 war elephants
Battle of Thanesar (also known as the Battle of the Ascetics)spring and established camp around that freshwater reservoir in order to properly manage his forces in the nearby regions.[3]
Occupation
After staying at a spring for weeks during the scorching summer heat,
Mewar. However, the main intention of the Sanyasi group was to drink and bathe in the spring, which they considered sacred.[4]
As the summer afternoon began to scorch another group of
sanyasis arrived and they began to gather in their hundreds and thousands around the spring. Outraged by their presence and intrusion, a general advised Akbar to take action. The Mughals were waiting for an opportunity to drive the ascetics out of their encampment, but Akbar
believed that they would leave by sunset.
Battle
The
katars.[5]
Concerned that the violence might spread into the
Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered almost 250 of his men to immediately retake the Sarovar from the schismatic monks. The Mughals armed with talwars, piked-shields, matchlocks, and composite bows and arrows, ferociously overwhelmed the ranks of monks ultimately driving them away from the spring according to their jurisdiction, which justified the usage of force.[6]
Aftermath
The
Mughal Emperor Akbar continued to command his campaign from Thanesar, and within the coming months the Mughals organized the well-documented Siege of Chittorgarh against the forces of the Rana Udai Singh II at Chittor Fort
.
Akbar had learned a valuable lesson from this event and passed a Firman banning any commoner from entering any Mughal encampments without a credible reason.
See also
References
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- ISBN 9780226868417. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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