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| Keywords: Akbar Plunders the Village of Sirohi.jpg Four years after taking Chittor in 1572 Akbar's men marched across the Marwar plains toward Gujarat Along the way they plundered various villages including the small hillside kingdom of Sirohi in the southwest of Rajasthan The hills and rocky ranges of Sirohi were formidable fighting grounds being dominated by the massive granite presence of Mount Abu and the rugged terrain surrounding it The Rajput defenders offered fierce resistance to Akbar's armies Under the guidance of Rajput leader Man Singh Deora they repeatedly held off the Mughals In the years that followed the local Sirohi leaders flipped back and forth as politics demanded siding sometimes with the Mughals and other times with the Mewaris as the conflict between Akbar and the Rajput king of Mewar Maharana Pratap persisted circa 1590 -95 object history credit line accession number Akbarnama http //collections vam ac uk/item/O9535/painting-the-wounding-of-khan-kilan/ PD-Art-100 Sirohi State Uploaded with UploadWizard Military history of the Mughal Empire Paintings of Akbar the Great Mewari painting Akbarnama Elephant riding in art of India Miniatures of elephants | ||||
