CHAP. II.] AURANGZIB TO DECCAN. 31 derers appeared on the scene, and Muslim and Bundela alike bowed down to the Maratha.* Aurangzib returned from Dhamuni to wait on his father near Urchha, and together they travelled through the country, viewing its lakes and forts, beautiful scenery, and coverts for game. By way of Sironj they reached Daulatabad, where Aurangzib on 14th July, 1636, formally took leave of the Emperor to act as Viceroy of the Deccan.†
- Pogson, 108, 123 et seq. Abdul Hamid, ii. 221, 303,
304 (Champat submits and enters Dara's service). Alamgir- namah, (sides with Aurangzib, 92), 301. Masir-i-Alamgiri, 169, M.U. ii. 294 and 321. † Abdul Hamid, I. B. 118, 122-123, 134, &c., 205. Topographical Notes. The fort of U'RCHHA had walls made of stones laid on one another without mud or mortar. It had no battlement. The walls were about 8 miles in length. The river Betwa washes its eastern face. (I. B. 122). The northern, eastern and southern faces of the fort of DHAMUNI were too steep to allow mining or trenching opera- tions by besiegers. On the western side, where the ground is level, there were ditches 20 cubits deep, close to bamboo thickets under the walls. (107). Digitized by Microsoft Ⓡ
