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

Maharana Sāngā. what course to adopt in this difficult emer- gency, it was considered hopeless even to attempt the defence of the country of Kabul, and it was decided to make an inroad into India to escape the tempest. Leaving Kabul under the charge of Abdul Razzak, the late king, Bābur marched down the Kabul river for the Indus. The intervening passes were in the possession of Afghan tribes, who are robbers even in peace times. Bābur thus speaks of their attitude: “When they under- stood that I had abandoned Kabul and was marching for Hindustan, their usual insolence was increased tenfold.” Bābur showed fight and the Afghans dispersed. He arrived at Adinapur, now Jalalabad. From here he sent four divisions to plunder the country around and waited for news from Kabul. He soon heard that Kandahar had fallen, that it was given back to the Arghuns and that Nasir Mirza was allowed to depart to Ghazni. Hearing also that Shaibani had re- turned to Turkistan to quell trouble at home, Bābur returned to Kabul and assumed the title of Padshah. Even here he got no rest. His Moghul army, to which he owed the 114